A bit of fun: a Barack Obama mural in the East Village, NYC

[Princess Turandot]

For those of you who know the area, this is at 6th Street and Avenue D. It was spray-painted by a local artist named Chico, who has been painting what sometimes seems like every wall in the area, for over two decades. He began with graffiti and then started doing these murals.

Note the left hand side...:D


(I think this is an RCN cable company switching station.)

[Cha]

1. Thanks Princess Turnadot~

This is what I can relate to!

[grantcart]

2. interesting no graffiti

is that because its new or because people don't touch it,

[Princess Turandot]

3. It was painted in 2008, sometime after the election....

so it's a year old, at least. Chico's murals are rarely defaced. He lived in the area for years and people know him or at least of him. A local who made good, in an interesting way. I'm sure the subject of the mural helps too!

[NYC_SKP]

5. I think I know what you're thinking and you're probably right.

Pieces that residents like are far less likely to be tagged, or hit by other artists.

Sometimes, artists go back for touch ups, too.

[NYC_SKP]

4. My old neighborhood!!!

I lived at Houston and Avenue C...

[NYC_SKP]

6. Oh, by the way, it's at Avenue C, not D, and 6th street.

Southwest corner.

In case anyone goes looking! :P

[Princess Turandot]

8. Oh, thanks for spotting that..

for some reason, I keep mislabeling this photo's location.

You didn't live here, did you?

I grew up on 10th, across from the park.

[NYC_SKP]

9. I lived at 283 E. Houston, south side, above a bodega, next to a monument place.

It's now a bagel shop.

I went to Cooper Union, spent 5 years there and 3 more working in the city afterwards.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=283+E.+Houston+st.,+ny,+ny&sll=37.965178,-121.319726&sspn=0.009372,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=283+E+Houston+St,+New+York,+10002&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.721506,-73.984241&panoid=L0rTZjAXS1ei92Zrme7Ujg&cbp=12,206.52,,0,5.11

The neighborhood has changed some, but I still miss it!

[Number23]

7. That's great!