TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The Railroad Square community is mourning the loss of the Art Park's muse, Sue Chaires Boynton.
WTXL ABC 27's Jada Williams was live Friday morning from Railroad Square Art Park with the Sue Chaires Boynton's grandchildren, the current owners of Railroad Square.
They says that up until her last days their quick-witted grandmother was offering business advice, proving that her hand in the art park will last a lifetime.
Railroad Square Art Park is a Tallahassee staple that even on a gloomy day is still vibrant.
Mika Fowler, the Sangha Press owner: "There are few of us artists left and its an incubator for creativity."
The incubator wouldn't exist if not for Sue Chaires Boynton.
Adam Kaye is a grandson and the Railroad Square owner: "She's written all over this place except no one sees it unless you know where to look."
While not much of an artist herself, Chaires Boynton allowed the family business to grow all because of her free spirited daughter Nan.
"In the 1950's, my grandparents actually owned and bought the downtown industrial park," Adam Kaye said.
That's a completely different atmosphere that John Dillard Amiss, owner of All Things Design, remembers.
"I have memories of those times, back when it was truly an industrial park and full of semi trucks down here," he said.
But thanks to Sue Chaires Boynton's faith in her daughter and her business savvy ways, the park transformed in the 70's, becoming a catalyst for people like Mika Fowler, who runs a letterpress shop, a one of kind service amidst many quirky ventures.
John Dillard Amiss owns All Things Design: "Think there's a comfort in numbers, when you have artists of many ventures."
"Tallahassee has definitely benefitted from her, her energy, her life, and her commitment to this community," Kaye said.
Her one wild idea, decades later, still has people talking.
The family says that they'll continue to put creativity into the Art Park in their mother and their grandmother's memory.
