Eyes on the Streets

and feets on the ground. Graffiti, street art and murals seen while wandering the streets and alleys of our colourful world.

Holyoke Bordalo2

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Mary C

The morning after I posted the photos of the Bordalo2 mouse and bear in Lynn, I saw this on Clemente Street in Holyoke (also Massachusetts)…

It is “Father and Baby Moose”, also by Bordalo II

This is another Beyond Walls project; this time in partnership with the City of Holyoke, El Corazon de Holyoke, and Nueva Esperanza. Clemente Street is in a section of the city with a large Hispanic population.

below: A close up look at baby’s hind leg and all the metal pieces that went into creating it.

Photos taken July 2024

two, larger than life

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Mary C

There is an intersection in Lynn where three streets tangle together, Washington St, Oxford St, and Central Ave. That is where I was standing when I took this photo – a great view of two immense murals. They are very different from each other and they are both fabulous.

2 very large murals in Lynn Massachusetts, one by Ernesto Maranje with a rhino and the other by smug of a young man with his shoes

below: Ernesto Maranje, flora and fauna, rhinocerus, black bear and at least two species of birds.

mural, blue background, a large grey rhinocerus with one horn, part of his body is a landscape scene with water, trees, flowers, and other plant life, along with a small black bear. There are also birds. A mural by Ernesto Maranje

below: ‘The Resident’ by Smug on Central Avenue painted in 2019.

a large mural by street artist smug, a young Black man in a white sleeveless top has a pair of yellow, black, and white running shoes slung over his shoulder. on a brick building in Lynn, traffic in the street

Both of these murals, and many others, are because of the work of Beyond Walls, a non-profit agency that promotes art in the community. They believe that art and the active spaces that go with it, strengthens cities.