Brother Ryan A. Bunch weighs in on the reluctant legacy of the Glass City's musical influence:
"Art Tatum’s dilapidated childhood home
sits on City Park Avenue along the Dorr Street Corridor just on the
outer edge of downtown, a total wreck, abandoned for decades. Out front,
a gleaming bronze historical marker notes the sad relevance of the
gaping hole in the foundation, the overgrown lot, the paint long-past
chipping. The only splash of color offered on the drab scene is a few
muraled boards guarding the long-open windows painted by teens from a
nearby junior high school a few years ago. This is the perfect metaphor
for Toledo music. We can’t talk about what is without talking about what
was."
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