𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 1930𝒔
ᴵ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢᵉᵉ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ⁿᵉᵒⁿ
ᴰʳⁱⁿᵏ ˡⁱᵐᵉ ᵍʳᵉᵉⁿ, ˢᵗᵃʸ ᵘᵖ ‘ᵗⁱˡ ᵈᵃʷⁿ
ᴹᵃʸᵇᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᴵ’ᵐ ˡⁱᵛⁱⁿᵍ ⁱˢ ᵏⁱˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵐᵉ
Nov19. NYC
NEW YORK CITY STREET ART: TRUTH & PASSION
Tag: history
CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK: “HEAVEN AT THE END OF A SUBWAY RIDE”
𝘋𝘪𝘚𝘤𝘖𝘷𝘌𝘳𝘌𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1609 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯. .
“𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1870𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 1880𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 “𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦.” (𝘱𝘥𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺)
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“…’𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.’ 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴.” (𝘯𝘺𝘤.𝘨𝘰)
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𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 🇺🇸 27𝘯𝘰𝘷19
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: HÖPE
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
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by Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
29sep19. San Diego, CA
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: TREES INDEED HAVE HEARTS
702 Fifth Avenue
Architect: John Stannard
Architectural Style: Mixed
The site of the current Cole Building, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and “G” Street, is one of the earliest developed properties in the area. Albert A. Cole, an early San Diego capitalist, purchased the property from Alonzo Horton in December of 1868 for $900 in gold coin. The current occupant on the street level of the property is a popular sports bar, restaurant and nightclub named Whiskey Girl. According to the manager, Jerry Lopez, this lively and popular venue also appears to be haunted, as several very unusual occurrences have happened in his office late at night after closing. Additionally, before Whiskey Girl took over the venue, a manager of the previous business, La Strada, quit her job after claiming to have seen a fully manifested apparition. – https://gaslampfoundation.org/cole-block-building/
― Henry David Thoreau
The classic “Don’t Believe the Hype!” mural by Os Gemeos is STILL GOING STRONG after all of these years! Located on G street heading towards 1st.
sep2019. San Diego, California.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: SMURF LOVE & “STARBUCKS ENTERPRISE”
23aug19. Brussels, Belgium.
LARCHMONT, NEW YORK STREET ART: LARCHMONT HISTORICAL MURALS
Brought to us by Street Art for Mankind, a “world-first street art movement to fight child trafficking,” https://streetartmankind.org/about/, ~ is a quaint village art walk in Larchmont, New York. There are six murals depicting different aspects of Larchmont history created by internationally renowned street artists. More information is below:
12nov18. Larchmont, NY.
HANAU , GERMANY 🇩🇪: GRIMMS‘ FAIRYTALES
In Hanau, Germany, where the imaginative geniuses, the “Brothers Grimm,” were born.
13oct18. Hanau, Germany 🇩🇪
ŁÓDŹ (pronounced “WOODGE”), POLAND 🇵🇱: “I AM ANOTHER”
Freedom fighter Tadeusz Kościuszko. Pl. Wolności (Freedom Square.)
WASK.
“I am another.”
“We are under protection, i.e. defenseless.”
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral ~ An Orthodox Church built at the end of the 19th century. The Cathedral was financed by the most prominent factory owners at that time, Karl Scheibler, Izrael Poznanski and Luliusz Kunitzer (none of whom were actually Orthodox Christians), to celebrate the miraculous survival of Russian Emperor Alexander II from an assassination attempt in 1879. (Poland was a part of Russia at the time). https://theculturetrip.com/europe/poland/articles/the-top-10-things-to-do-and-see-in-lodz/
16sep18. Lodz, Poland 🇵🇱
WARSAW, POLAND 🇵🇱: THE “ANCHOR”
The anchor emblem seen on walls throughout the city, indicate significant locations for the Uprising of 1944. More information below the next photo.
So what does an anchor have to do with fighting Nazis? The Kotwica is actually more than an anchor, as the figure is an amalgam of the letters P and W, which take on a number of meanings when associated with the Polish Home Army’s (AK) fight to retake Warsaw. Starting in 1942, members of the Polish underground “Wawer Minor” sabotage unit started using “PW” to signify “Pomścimy Wawer” (“We Shall Avenge Wawer”). The Wawer Massacre of December 26-27, 1939 was one of the first massacres of Poles in occupied Poland, and its memory fueled the opposition in Warsaw. The meaning of “PW” was soon expanded to include “Polska Walcząca” (“Fighting Poland”).
“PW” increasingly appeared in the city as a “signature” on acts of resistance and sabotage; and in 1942 the AK put out a call to design an emblem that could be easily printed. A design that combined the P and W into an anchor – the Kotwica – was submitted by Anna Smoleńska (code name “Hania”) and was chosen as the symbol of the underground. Smoleńska, an art history student at the underground University of Warsaw, was arrested in November of 1942 and died in Auschwitz in March 1943 at the age of 23. Thought she did not live to see an independent Warsaw, the symbol she created endured though the war and beyond. https://culture.pl/en/article/decoding-warsaw-a-guide-to-the-citys-sights-and-symbols
Why the “Mermaid of Warsaw?”
One legend claims “long, long ago” two sirens swam from the Atlantic Ocean to the Baltic Sea. One sister stopped in the Danish straits and can to this day be seen by those visiting the port of Copenhagen. The other sister (clearly the one with more discerning taste) kept swimming until she reached Gdansk, where she then turned to follow the Wisla into the heart of Poland. Reaching what is today Warsaw, she decided she had found a home and stopped at the shore to rest. It wasn’t long after her arrival that local fishermen began noticing someone was tangling their nets and releasing the fish. Though it meant a loss of livelihood, the fishermen were so enchanted by the siren’s song that they never caught her. That is, until a wealthy merchant realized he could make a profit showing off the siren at fairs. He captured the Wisla siren and locked her away in a shed. The siren’s plaintive cries were heard by a young farmhand, who with the help of his friends, returned her to the river. Grateful to her rescuers, the siren vowed to help them in times of need. The siren of Warsaw is thus armed, waiting with sword and shield to make good on her promise and defend the city.
A second tale again highlights the mermaid as the armed defender of the city, though with a different origin story. This one claims that “in ancient times” a griffin defended the city. The griffin would often accompany local fishermen to the Baltic, and on one such journey he spotted a mermaid. It was love at first sight, and the mythical pair returned to live happily in Warsaw – until the griffin was mortally wounded during the Swedish invasion. As the siege of Warsaw raged around her, the mermaid picked up the arms of her dying lover and joined the defense of the city. In gratitude of her service and sacrifice, the people of Warsaw honored her by placing her image on the city’s coat of arms. https://culture.pl/en/article/decoding-warsaw-a-guide-to-the-citys-sights-and-symbols
Warsaw Spire.
Sigismund’s Column (Polish: Kolumna Zygmunta), originally erected in 1644, is located in Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland and is one of Warsaw‘s most famous landmarks. The column and statue commemorate King Sigismund III Vasa, who in 1596 had moved Poland‘s capital from Kraków to Warsaw.(Wiki)
Presidential Palace. Construction started in 1643. Bertel Thorvaldsen‘s statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski in front.
The Royal Castle in Warsaw (Polish: Zamek Królewski w Warszawie) is a castle residency that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the sixteenth century until the Partitions of Poland.(Wiki)
The Stadium.
Old Town.
13-15sep18. Warsaw Poland 🇵🇱
LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: LAHORE FORT
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or “Royal Fort”), is a citadel. It is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century, when the Mughal Empire was at the height of its splendour and opulence. The foundations of the modern Lahore Fort date to 1566 during the reign of Emperor Akbar. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Fort
7jul18 Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰
