This kinda reminds me of one we once looked at in Georgetown that seemed a little out of place. This one seems a bit gritty but when you take a step back you see that it is on a bucolic Capitol Hill street:
murals
This is from the side of Wisdom located at 1432 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. I can’t believe I’ve been to this strip so many times and never realized there was a mural.
These murals are located near Franklin St, NE and a new section of the MBT trail.
The Metropolitan Branch Trail is looking great:
Their Web site says:
“The Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) is an 8-mile trail that runs from Union Station in the District of Columbia to Silver Spring in Maryland. Following the Metropolitan Branch Line of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad, the trail passes through numerous vibrant and historic neighborhoods as well as connecting to the National Mall. The MBT is an important transportation route providing connections to homes, work and play as well as access to seven Metro stations. Current plans include connections to the area’s trail network such as the Capital Crescent Trail, Anacostia Trails System, and integration into the East Coast Greenway.”
You can see a full map of the trail here.
“Dear PoP,
We would love if you would help draw a little attention to our 5% Day at Whole Foods this week. At all three stores on Wed. the 15th, 5% of sales will directly benefit The Farm at Walker Jones, an emerging urban farm serving the great kids, families and neighbors of Walker Jones Education Campus, a DC public school.
Our farm is huge by school standards, and was launched as part of larger school wellness initiatives for our school population. 100% of our kids receive free meals here at school, and we want to help both the children and the families realize that sound food choices are accessible to all.”
Brookland’s new mural is really progressing nicely. When a reader first sent word, I had no idea it was this gigantic.
I knew this mural was gonna be sweet but the details so far have blown me away. Check out how they incorporated a crack in the concrete with weeds growing out:
Lots more photos after the jump. (more…)
Thanks to a reader for sending word about this new mural going up in at the Brookland Inn at 3742 12th Street NE.
“Dear PoP,
A new mural on Columbia Rd, NW between Georgia & Sherman at the new Pleasant Plains/Columbia Heights/Park View Park.”
That’s awesome. We last looked at the Pleasant Plains/Columbia Heights/Park View Park here.
The mural going up above the Potter’s House located at 1658 Columbia Road NW has been completed. While I prefer the one of the Presidents done by the same artist, I think came out looking pretty good.
Danny Harris is a DC-based photographer, DJ, and collector of stories. In September, he launched People’s District, a blog that tells a people’s history of DC by sharing the stories and images of its residents. Every day, People’s District presents a different Washingtonian sharing his or her insights on everything from Go Go music to homelessness to fashion to politics. You can read his previous columns here.
“I had a pretty tough childhood and moved around a lot. We moved to Maryland when I was a teenager and I went to Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Back then, it was a pretty rough school. I never thought in my life that I would see a pregnant girl get kicked down a stairwell, but I saw that and more at school. So, it wasn’t the easiest place for me to be. At the time, I just wanted to burn off all of the crazy shit that was happening to me. There is only so much damage you can do to your own body with drugs, so I decided to take out my anger on something else. I wasn’t a violent person, so I took it out on walls.
“I was introduced to graffiti through a lot of hardcore shows and raves that I went to in D.C. There, I met some of the founders of the D.C. graffiti scene. They were these great and open people. It was one of the most accepting groups of people. Mind you, some of these guys were arms dealers and serious, burly tattooed dudes, but they were cool as long as you didn’t cross them.
“My first time throwing up a piece was on a wall across from a courthouse near College Park. We did it late at night and hide from all of the cars. It really got my adrenaline going, which is one of the best highs of graffiti. Turns out that piece wasn’t too great and you could barely see it from the street, but they got better over time. I met some other graffiti cats and we would go out tagging and bombing a lot. Tagging is when you write your name with a can of paint, it is usually one line and four letter. Bombing is when you have more than one color and it is larger format and in bubble letters. If you think about it like weapons, a tag is your fist. It tells people that you are here. Bombing is like a machine gun. You use it to destroy and raise hell.
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