Thanks to Paul for sending: “Just noticed the new mural at 16th Street JCC. According to a worker there it has been up for approximately 3 months.”

3125 M Street, NW photo by dccitygirl (alley between Levain Bakery/Irish Pub) “Georgetown is particularly special given Emad and his family are long-time DC residents.”

From a press release:

“On July 20th, the Bring Our Families Home Campaign, a campaign led by family members of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad, will be unveiling a public mural in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The mural, designed and installed by Iowan artist Isaac Campbell, will use the wheat paste technique to capture the faces of 18 Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. Read More

Thanks to Zai for sending: “The Wall on Duvall in Cap Hill on 15th St and Duvall Court SE. By Mimi the muralist” Read More

14th and T Street, NW

Thanks to Terry for sending the update at the Mi Vida coming coming to the former Matchbox space. Read More

Calvert and Connecticut Ave, NW

Thanks to E. for sending from Woodley Park: “Sad day when the local (weird) elephant mural gets covered by tagging”

This mural went up in 2018, which replaced another mural that was tagged there in 2017.

2309 Wisconsin Ave, NW

When it first went up in 2013: Read More

Marion and Q Street, NW

We posted on our Instagram in late May but keep forgetting to post the great new Marilyn Monroe mural in Shaw here. Thanks to Allie Erenbaum and Dr. Khaldoun AbouAssi for sharing their great photos: Read More

17th and Corcoran Street, NW

Thanks to Paul for sending an updated photo of the side of Cairo Liquors in Dupont.

I believe the artists are Maria Miller and Jay Coleman.

Thanks to Eileen for sending some finishing up shots too:

photo by Austin Graff

“Dear PoPville,

On Thursday, mural being painted on New York Avenue near the overpass. I think it was once a bell tower?”

We used to get this question like clockwork but were last asked back in 2019.  We’ve previously learned that this is a ventilation shaft for the 395 highway tunnel below. The artist responsible for the awesome mural, Val E. Lewton, passed away in 2015.

Others have commented that: “It’s been known unofficially for years as the Nixon Memorial.”

The flip side: Read More

“Dear PoPville,

We’re building an accessory building on our property, and will end up with about a 20×20 mostly-empty wall on our alley. We’d love to paint a mural on it. And when I say “we’d love to paint” I mean we would love to find someone with talent and artistic inspiration to paint a mural on it for us. Read More