Ain't nothing but a hound-dog mural

PORTLAND, Maine — The iconic Greyhound Bus mural,

which has marked both the station as well as the city’s downtown western entrance for more than half a century, is now leaving the driving to somebody else.

The logo is coming down. Actually, it’s falling down, brick-by-brick.

That’s why Maine Medical Center, which owns the red and blue, story-high signage, is removing it.

The bus station at Congress and St. John streets, is now defunct.

The hospital hopes to replace the outdated mural with something else appropriate for the neighborhood.

But whatever supplants the long-running dog logo will be temporary.

Maine Health, the hospital’s parent organization, has unstated future plans for the whole block.

- Bangor Daily News