In Albany New York, like in many cities, there is a group that promotes street art (especially murals) as way of enriching neighbourhoods and increasing the involvement of people in their communities. Here the group is Capital Walls. One area that they have focused on in downtown Albany is a space under the highway ramps between Interstate 787 and Clinton Street. Most of it is a large parking lot. There are a series of concrete pillars that have now been painted by various artists.

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below: John Breiner painted this bird in flight in 2019.

below: Another John Breiner painting, ‘Float’, is on the reverse side of the one above.

below: In the foreground is ‘Modern Systems’ by NDA

below: ‘Paradise Pattern’ by Vanessa Mastronardi,

below: ‘Courage’ by Rosie Sunshine

below: ‘Journey’ by Arzu Fallahi

below: Quakenbush Square, “Belonging” by Adam Fujita

below: On the lower part of the Quackenbush multi-level parking garage, there is a mural called “Upstate Albany Portrait Landscape” that was painted by George Maxwell Dunn. This is part of it. The part that spells Albany.

below: Part of a “Downtown is Pawsome” campaign are dog statues painted by different artsits. Nipper, as he is known, is about three feet high and is one of ten. This red and black one (‘Industrial Anthropology’) was painted by Stephanie Levay.

below: “Explore” by Ramiro Davaro-Comas

below: On the other side of the Quackenbush Garage is this painting, ‘Mix Tape’ by Hellbent (aka J. Mikal Davis)

below: There are more on and off ramps for the I-787 on the south side of the garage. Here too, some of the supports have been painted. “Back to Life” by D. Colin

below: A couple of scenes from ‘Geraldines Reverie’ by Elizabeth Zunon

below: At Orange and Water, ‘The River that Flows in Two Directions’ by Rachel Baxter.

below: Nearby – “Escape to Nature” by Trash Kid Art (aka Jade Warrick)

below: At Wallenberg Park, within the dog park, is this doggie mural by Chip Fasciana and Mark Gregory.

“The devil made me do it”