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17-Oct-2020

Alley off 8th Street SE

We found a big alley full of murals, but unfortunately many of them had cars, trash cans or large bins (or all three) in front of them. Just a fact of life on the Hill since space is so limited.

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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.

Finally, a bee! posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/271s f/2.0 at 6.0mm iso20 full exif

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Philip P02-Nov-2020 17:02
Great shot, great message!
Don28-Oct-2020 22:36
Good to see a message of unity.
Zoltán Balogh28-Oct-2020 06:51
I like it, beautiful! V
danad27-Oct-2020 09:00
A great message of hope ! Considering the recent events... I'm not too optimistic...Time will tell ! V.
Dennis Hoyne27-Oct-2020 02:33
`A great motto for every community! Nice shot of this mural.
Raymond Ma27-Oct-2020 02:18
Certainly a sign for the times...a motto to live by. V
Julie Oldfield27-Oct-2020 01:32
I wish is was true all through this country. V
Don Mottershead27-Oct-2020 01:16
If only it were so. But hope and optimism is the right attitude.
Kevin Warren27-Oct-2020 00:39
A beautiful mural, very well done as is your photo.
William Barletta26-Oct-2020 22:35
I have grown too cynical to believe that is possible ~V~
janescottcumming26-Oct-2020 22:34
An excellent message. V
larose forest photos26-Oct-2020 21:08
Great message.... too bad the message has passed by a certain resident in a certain white house. Great shot too. V
hayl26-Oct-2020 21:01
In spite of the extra stuff around them the murals are better than the blank walls. This is a good message.
Martin Lamoon26-Oct-2020 19:56
A great oural
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bill friedlander26-Oct-2020 19:36
A fine mural, black and white together. V
Nick Paoni26-Oct-2020 19:34
Certainly eye catching and what a wonderful sentiment.
Blandine Mangin26-Oct-2020 19:14
beautiful ! v
Industrial Heritage26-Oct-2020 19:06
Great words, but so far from reality
joseantonio26-Oct-2020 18:40
great find...Love those colors.V.
John Hamers26-Oct-2020 18:32
Who could be against the message on the mural. Great capture of it. !V
victorswan26-Oct-2020 17:52
yes anoder proverbial depiction of how the most beautiful would be, all the same, but we are not that far yet, but very cleverly found and depicted here on this wall, very nice work helen BV
Jean D26-Oct-2020 17:50
superb find , well captured. ~V