John Lennon | Eyes on the Streets

A few scenes from downtown Springfield Massachusetts. Most of these were found around Stearns Square.

below: Bloom’s wall is adjacent to a parking lot on Stearns Square. Most of the images are ads for photographic supplies.

Painting that covers the whole exterior wall of Blooms store, 5 floors, including photo supplies, ads for various photo products, Nikon, Kodak, Zeiss, Ilford, Polaroid, Bestler, Nikor, Bell and Howell, Linhof, Pako, and others, Across the bottom are paintings and mosaics of old cars, motorcycles, and bikes,

below: Motorcycles and cars in paint and mosaics

part of mural on wall, part paint and part mosacis, Indian motorcycles, old fashioned car, woman on motorocycle, back of a bus, words that say A masterpiece of engineering

below: Park Here, park with the birds

parking lot kiosk building painted in bright colours with painting of 3 birds on a wire

parking lot kiosk building painted in bright colours with painting of a large gray pigeon

below: Across the street from the parking lot is, “The Artist” by Jeff Henriquez, 2021

below: Las Vidas Negras Importan! Along with Empathy, Energy, and Equality.

close up on word lives in a black lilves matter mural. pictures and patterns in the letters. Las Vidas Negras Importan!, also hearts with empathy, energy, equality written in them,also a black woman with gold crown and long white gown

Colorburst type of mural yellow in center, with rays radiating from center in pink and orange, gray background

below: “Geoutopia” by Kim Carlino, for Fresh Paint Springfield 2019, seen at Stearns Square.

mural called Geoutopia by Kim Carlino in Springfield Massachusetts, abstract, yellow circles, black striaight lines, red shapes, turquoise and white curved lines,

close up of Kim Carlino mural in red and yellow, painted over windows, white black and turquoise lines run through the red and yellow parts.

below: These portraits of the characters from The Wizard of Oz were painted by John Simpson.

below: John Simpson also painted a series of portraits of Jazz musicians origianally for the Jazz and Roots Festival one year. Carlos Santana is on the right.

below: Three saxophone players, including Charlie Parker in the center.

below: And last, Louis Armstrong and John Lennon

Photos taken July 2024

below: Hooligan and Zero Boy with masked Anonymous

below: John Lennon

paste up graffiti on a green pole, portrait of John Lennon

below: “Pee on Hamas”

graffiti sticker on a green pole, text says pee on hamas, with image a dog peeing into a puddle

below: A cute little pink heart

little graffiti sticker on a red surface, white furry creature with a little pink heart

below: Remand

slap graffiti on a grey pole, one says remand in large black letters, the other is a drawing of a small creature with large head, big mouth,

below: “Where is Corky Lee?” Lee was an Asian-American photographer who died in 2021.

graffiti sticker that says where is corky lee, an asian american photographer who died in 2021, black and white drawing of his portrait, holding a large camera

below: Artificial Scarcity on a fire and police call box

red emergency call box in new york city with sticker graffiti on it including one that says artificial scarcity

below: When I tried a google image search, I learned that naked or semi-naked women on rockets is a thing….

two graffiti stickers including one with a woman in thong bikini riding on a rocket

below: Nicole Ruggiero’s “A Moment of Bliss”. According to Ruggiero’s Instagram page, this image is a tribute to, and reimagination of, the original wallpaper, Bliss, from Windows XP way back in 2001. It was part of an exhibit titled, “SCREENSAVERS” in Seoul in 2024.