I love the murals in Deep Ellum. Here’s Gunter the Chiweenie with one of the several murals featuring kids. He’s also in an unusually good mood in this picture — maybe the kids are having a positive effect. 🎈
I love the murals in Deep Ellum. Here’s Gunter the Chiweenie with one of the several murals featuring kids. He’s also in an unusually good mood in this picture — maybe the kids are having a positive effect. 🎈
One new addition to Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood is this beautiful mural featuring LGBT rights activists Martha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera on the side of Cedar Springs Tattoo.
The quote on the Martha P. Johnson side of the mural says, “Pay it no mind,” which is what the “P.” in her name stood for (and also the name of her documentary).
There’s a barbershop in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District with a Lee Harvey Oswald mural. It’s an unexpected shock tactic, but it definitely an attention grabber.
Bishop Arts changed a lot since my last visit three years ago — there are many new boutiques, bars and restaurants, plus numerous One-Plus-Five apartment buildings.
One surprise is the lack of major chains like Starbucks, but I suspect those are coming soon.
The Lee Harvey Oswald mural in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District.
One of the special (but slightly sad) things about street art is its ephemeral nature.
This mural is in the H Street neighborhood of Washington, DC, on the side of a townhouse. The construction next door looks like it will seriously obstruct the mural, if not completely close off the space between the buildings. I guess she’ll spend the next few decades staring at a brick wall, creating a really cool, if obscure, miniature art alley.
One of the new Union Market apartment buildings has this beautiful mural of a woman. It’s clearly designed for Instagram photos, but at least it’s a little more creative than yet another pair of wings.
No clue what happened to the green bike racks. 🚲
There’s a new Black Lives Matter mural along my dog walk route. This mural is in an alley near the corner of Mt. Olivet and Holbrook Street NE.
My labradoodle and I established a new routine over the past few months.
A new mural of sorts recently materialized in NoMa.
Posters in the neighborhood are very common — movie advertisements, parking restrictions, political art, lost pets, protest statements, cries for help, etc.
However, this morning, we came across something new — a “stolen bike” poster.
New artwork is sprouting across the District lately, including here in Ivy City.
I did some outdoor exploring around Northeast D.C. this weekend and came across this interesting mural by Baltimore-based illustrator Jasjyot Singh Hans.
The murals are along of the Metropolitan Branch Trail in NoMa — a biking and walking trail along the train tracks between NoMa and Catholic University.
Apparently this mural was added last year as part of the Pow! Wow! DC mural festival, which is responsible for many of the noteworthy murals in the area.
In addition to taking selfies in front of the monuments, one of the most photographed spots in Washington D.C., is Blagden Alley — a collection of intersecting alleyways that are covered in murals. Blagden Alley has a La Colombe coffee roasters, several bars, restaurants and art galleries, among other things.
The mural that I’m in front of is called “LOVE” by Lisa Marie Thalhammer — it’s the word “love” written in rainbow colors across four different garage doors. Apparently she has several other pieces around the city, which I’ll have to track down one of these days.
Howard University’s home coming was this weekend. Florida Avenue was mobbed and there was some of the best people-watching that I’ve ever experienced.
Despite the amazing fashion, my favorite memory is this lovely scene of three female couples dancing on the side of the street.
I’m used to seeing Trump-related graffiti around town, but Brett Kavanaugh is the new street art muse lately.
I went to Dallas’ Bishop Arts District for the first time last month while covering the re-launch party for Tillman’s Roadhouse.
After getting the gist of the party and giving overly-detailed instructions to my photographer, I took a short tour of the neighborhood.
Having a beer at Parker Barrow’s Draft House in Dallas
Everyone that I met at the Tillman’s party was horrified that I have never been to Bishop Arts before.
Michael has lived in the Dallas area for 7 years and this was his first time to Bishop Arts as well. Maybe we are just the odd ones who never get out of the gayborhood?
We ran into some interesting graffiti while hiking through the Trinity River Park.
The Trinity River wraps around downtown Dallas and is more like a glorified creek that covers a massive flood plain anytime it rains.
There are also plans to develop the flood plain into one of the world’s largest parks, but right now most parts are just unsafe urban wild land.
The portion of the park closest to downtown is safer because it is not wooded, but rather a massive open field with the river/creek running through it. That is where we walked the dogs recently and came across some pretty interesting street art.
Here are the pics!
Street art of air balloons under the Trinity River bridge
Graffiti under the Trinity River Bridge
Graffiti that borrows characters from Super Mario
As far as I can tell, Wynwood Walls seems to be at the epicenter of the Wynwood neighborhood revitalization. It’s an event space that has murals and a chichi restaurant-bar.
The streets immediately surrounding the Wynwood Walls are covered in street art and most of the empty warehouses are now studio spaces and businesses. The developed area is massive, and probably the most interesting area in Miami today. I took a ton of pictures, which I will finish editing in the coming days.
