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The graffiti-covered vacant billboard at Portage Avenue and Sherbrook Street will be getting a makeover after all.

Global News first told you last fall that Sussex Realty wanted to loan the derelict space on top of the Casa Loma building to the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

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But they needed the city’s permission to repurpose it, and in January, they were denied. The public service said the sign was too large and didn’t fit with the heritage building it sits on.

Sussex Realty appealed, and the decision was overturned by the appeal committee Friday morning.

Big thank you to @cityofwinnipeg & community for supporting our partnership with Sussex Realty that will bring art to the streets via the historic billboard on the Casa Loma building. Stay tuned #Winnipeg! Mock-up featuring work by Dee Barsy pic.twitter.com/BrmQllwbkV — Winnipeg Art Gallery (@wag_ca) February 23, 2018

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