Old Georgetown Board rejects Eagle Bank mural

The Old Georgetown Board has rejected a mural proposed by Eagle Bank, the same one that the Advisory Neighborhood commission found distasteful and voted against in June, The Georgtown Current reports.

The mural had been designed by Byron Peck, a D.C. artist who also designed the Duke Ellington mural on U Street, shown right. But this design was not up to snuff. Local blogger Georgetown Metropolitan railed against the mural when it was first unveiled, noting that it was way out of touch with Georgetown's aesthetic:

"Essentially what they proposed was a giant bald eagle swooping down with a blue sky (and what looked like the moon, oddly enough) behind it. To be perfectly blunt, it looked like something that the Franklin Mint would sell.

"The ANC adopted a resolution against it (both because of the design and because it operated like a billboard for the bank), and GM hopes the Old Georgetown Board agrees."