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11-Oct-2020

1518 A Street SE

This mural decorating the side of an apartment building was hard to get a perspective on. The best view would have been from a playground whose fence I was leaning against, but there was no way in, and I liked this better than the view from a distance through two iron playground fences and a basketball hoop.

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is offering a new walking tour, this time featuring murals around the Hill, about which they say:

“Capitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community – but we’ve included them because we love them and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades but many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. A couple are on the sidewalk. One is not actually a mural at all but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. … Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

29 Kings Court SE, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
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meekam tam23-Oct-2020 06:28
A beautiful wall-painting well captured, Helen! V
carol j. phipps15-Oct-2020 01:34
Attractive and refreshing art. V
Julie Oldfield15-Oct-2020 01:20
Also how the palm trees contrast with the rest of the scene.
Julie Oldfield15-Oct-2020 01:20
Well composed. I like the crisscrossed lines. V
janescottcumming14-Oct-2020 17:09
You did a great job showing this! V
Jeff Real14-Oct-2020 00:33
This is such a beautiful find and the composition really delivers!
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Graeme13-Oct-2020 22:39
What a lovely mural this is, Helen.V
Nick Paoni13-Oct-2020 19:27
What a neat idea to decorate a house like that.
Nirvan Hope13-Oct-2020 18:38
It's unusual to see a mural with such muted colors. Love the dusty pinks and blues.
Jola Dziubinska13-Oct-2020 17:46
Nicely decorated wall, good POV. V.
joseantonio13-Oct-2020 17:40
lovely decoration for that house and a beautiful capture of it.V.
larose forest photos13-Oct-2020 17:10
What a very cool idea, much more appealing than a blank wall. You captured this perfectly I think. V