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17-Oct-2020

516 ˝ 8th Street SE


Somebody got really carried away on this building; the front door and both ends had murals on them as well. Too bad about the cars, but they’re a fact of life here, where places to park are scarce.

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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.

235 F Street NE, posted earlier:

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Pieter Bos22-Nov-2020 16:41
Yes, you have to deal with cars… It's street photography. Great mural! ~V
Julie Oldfield03-Nov-2020 02:12
Great gritty feel. I like how it celebrates graffiti. V
Don Mottershead02-Nov-2020 17:34
Why do some superheroes think it is a good idea to wear their underwear on the outside of their tights?
Dennis Hoyne02-Nov-2020 03:51
I love this one, some wild creativity presented here.
Raymond Ma01-Nov-2020 20:37
Very cool...I do like this style of playfulness but with an edginess. V
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography01-Nov-2020 19:16
Very nice capture. These murals enrich the city a lot, Vote
janescottcumming01-Nov-2020 18:42
This one really pops from that black wall! Even the reflections in the black car are neat looking. V
Blandine Mangin01-Nov-2020 18:16
very beautiful ! v
hayl01-Nov-2020 17:38
They didn't leave a spot unpainted for sure. A jolt of colour for the next dark days of winter.
Jeff Real01-Nov-2020 17:32
Another great image of a striking mural. A great addition to this really cool gallery.
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Tom Munson01-Nov-2020 17:26
Amazing art work. Great find, Helen.
Fong Lam01-Nov-2020 16:49
An interesting mix of artistic styles here with predominant cheerful colors on the comic characters....V
David Buzzeo01-Nov-2020 16:15
What a mixture of symbolism. V
John Hamers01-Nov-2020 15:58
It seems these guys on this colorful are comic book characters. A great capture of it. !!V
Nestor Derkach01-Nov-2020 15:31
Nice wall art kids would really enjoy this one . Nice composition perspective and nice resolution.
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globalgadabout01-Nov-2020 15:01
what a potpourri of styles on this one...the killer whale in First Nations motif is surprising so far from the PNW..
Industrial Heritage01-Nov-2020 14:59
Very lovely figures and vivid colors. Wel taken.