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Wednesday
Feb042009

Hope St Between Keap St and Rodney St

The biggest feature on this short, industrial block is the massive multi-artist mural on the south-side of the street. Taking up nearly an entire building this piece of street art is wonderful not only for it's excellent work, but also (and I apologize to anyone who feels it's disrespectful) for the tagging and defacing on top of the "formal" art. The multiple levels of graffiti show something interesting about how quickly things like this change out in the real world. The building across the street is relatively sparse, holding only a few tags.

 


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I took a picture in front of the chimpanzee mural once. Very fun block.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAlexandra

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