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18-Oct-2020

301 North Carolina Avenue SE

We had to go back to this schoolyard to find this mural, one of three on the grounds, after I checked with my contact at the restoration society to find out just where they were.

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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.

1380 H Street NE, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/597s f/1.8 at 4.2mm iso32 full exif

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Julie Oldfield27-Oct-2020 01:35
Great light. It is a lovely capture. V
Don Mottershead27-Oct-2020 01:20
Looks like maybe the kids made it. A cheery sight.
Gill Kopy25-Oct-2020 04:18
I really like how this is done reflecting the lay of the land and the hands appearing like leaves on the lawn. V
Dennis Hoyne25-Oct-2020 02:24
A lovely city skyline!
larose forest photos25-Oct-2020 01:06
I find this particular mural to be exceptionally pleasing, and your shot really encapsulates it well. V
Nick Paoni25-Oct-2020 00:14
Love all those happy hand prints.
Bill Miller25-Oct-2020 00:05
A very colourful display for the playpark
janescottcumming24-Oct-2020 22:40
That works well with that wall! V
Jola Dziubinska24-Oct-2020 19:37
Very pretty with all those colors. V.
Ursula Miller24-Oct-2020 19:06
What a beautiful colorful mural. I love your composition with the fence above it... V
hayl24-Oct-2020 18:59
Love all the hand prints and how the mural swoops down on the right to match the staircase on the left.