Published November 08. 2025 03:54AM<\/p>\n
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation has dedicated a five-story-tall mural gracing the southwest corner of its South Allentown Campus parking garage at 850 S. Fifth St., Allentown.<\/p>\n
Created by muralist Matt Halm, the kaleidoscope of images and colors appear to spin around a yellow sun-like image.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can see behind me, this isn\u2018t just a mural. It\u2018s a message,\u201d said Good Shepherd CEO Michael Spigel at the Sept 5 ceremony held across the street from the artwork at Good Shepherd\u2019s Hyland Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cA towering, vibrant tribute to inclusion, creativity and the power of community,\u201d continued Spigel. He praised Halm\u2019s \u201cvision and artistry.\u201d Spigel thanked the committee of volunteers from Good Shepherd whose \u201cmany hands\u201d helped shape it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, this is great to be here and work on this in the community I grew up in,\u201d said Halm. \u201cIt brought back a lot of great memories.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under Halm\u2019s supervision, patients, residents and staff picked up paintbrushes to assist in bringing his artwork to life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sections were done in a paint-by-numbers fashion,\u201d said Halm. Volunteers colored in his drawings made on Polytab fabric panels prior to installation on the building\u2019s fa\u00e7ades.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe glued it up like wallpaper.\u201d the Bethlehem-based artist explained. \u201cIt\u2019s a permanent installation. So, this mural will last for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spigel noted that Good Shepherd was founded in 1908 as Good Shepherd Home for Orphans and Aged to provide those with disabilities a place to live. \u201cFrom that day forward, this neighborhood has been our home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to reaffirming its commitment to their mission and community, Spigel said, \u201cWe wanted to create a welcoming beacon, something that would greet our patients, caregivers, neighbors and staff with warmth and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Participating in the dedication were Lehigh County Executive Phil Armstrong, Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk, State Rep. Peter G. Schweyer (D-134), State Rep. Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-132), and Gail Vee-Var from the office of State Sen. Nick Miller (D-14th).<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERLehigh Valley muralist Matt Halm completed a five-story-tall mural on the southwest corner of Good Shepherd Rehabilitation\u2019s South Allentown Campus parking garage, 850 S. Fifth St., Allentown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 08. 2025 03:54AM Good Shepherd Rehabilitation has dedicated a five-story-tall mural gracing the southwest corner of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-28495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}