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along Boulevard Décarie

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… a few murals seen on Boulevard Décarie in Montreal.

below: By Cecile Gariepy, holding up blue cube houses and showing them to each other in “Chez Nous” on a wall of Habitations Bourret housing project. a gift from the organization MU to the Office municipal d’habitation de Montréal (OMHM) for their 50th anniversary. 2019

mural with tile Chez Nous (our house) by Cecile Gariepy on the upper storeys of an apartment building, stylized people in reds and blues hold blue cube houses

portion of chez nous, a mural by Cecile Gariepy

below: Fonki painting of bulldogs and pugs

Mural of group of dogs, bulldogs and pugs, by artist Fonki,
part of larger mural by Fonki of bulldogs and pugs

below: Tilly, another bulldog, painted on pink on what is now an empty building.

below: This portrait of Tilly was painted by Kevin Ledo.

Tilly dog mural by Kevin Ledo,

below: This is the street art seen under the portrait of Tilly.

throw up text based tag street art

below: Dora the Explorer, in a Tim Hortons & Wendys parking lot.

Dora the explorer mural in Wendys parking lot on Decarie, Montreal

below: Dora the Explorer chases butterflies.

mural of children's television character, Dora the explorer chasing butterflies

Photos taken April 2026

under the railway in Lynn

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Lynn is a town in Massachusetts just outside of Boston. It is also one of the towns that participate in Beyond Walls, a non-profit organization that believes that art can build better cities. There is a lot of street art here! This isn’t the first post about Lynn – it is a look at some of the painting along the railway line near the station in central Lynn.

below: As the railway passes through Lynn, it is above grade. The sections underneath along the parking lot on Mt Vernon Street have been decorated with street art murals. The large building in the background is on the other side of the tracks and is featured in another blog post, Behind a building on Union Street

street art murals in Lynn Mass USA, under the railway that runs above grade here, as seen from beyond Mount Vernon Street

below: Part shiny chrome and part matte gray, a little whale by Bikismo (aka the chrome master!).

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, by Bikismo, on bright yellow background, a whale that is partially shiny chrome and partially matte gray

below: Spray painting with great gusto with Okaje.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, by artist Okaje, a man in spray painting a pink blob

below: Tentacles of a purple octopus slither up the post.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,, on a pillar supporting a railway bridge, a purple octopus on white background

below: Three men and a wolf.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, at the top is a wolf head, below are three male figures mostly in red tones, water at the bottom

below: A marvelous steamy picture of Engine 481 on the Boston and Maine railway painted by Ben Keller.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: From Lynn with love.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: Spread your magic on cassette (how long ago did we do that!?).

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: History by Life Art from 2021. There is more text at the bottom of the panel but only “Humanity in colors” can be read.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, portraits of people with words about humanity and color

below: Wraps Mummy and its red balloon, by Grimly Toys

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, grimly toys, red balloon, character wrapped up in cloth like a mummy

below: A row of people across the top, by Annadidathing aka Anna Dugan

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: A very purple face, painted by Bycazo (aka Jessica)

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: Autism, Lola, and Nanay…..

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: At one end of the parking lot is a large mural that is a collaboration between Yu-Baba and Key Detail.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,
close up of part of mural by yu-baba and key detail in ynn massachusett,

below: On the other side of the tracks there is more art.

a row of street art murals under a railway line

below: A canine-like critter (dog? wolf?) with a black shiny nose and sharp white teeth by Ghost Beard

large canine looking creature with a big black nose, long snout, and big white teeth, text says ghost beard

below: Nead2‘s rendition of Bart Simpson as a graffiti artist.

street art featuring Bart Simpson, by nead 2

below: It seems to rise like a plume of smoke – a painting on one of the pillars supporting the railway bridge, painted by Yuknow K Lou

concrete pilar supporting railway bridge, painted pink, with street art creature in white<

below: Also by the tracks…

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA,

below: Ruben Ubiera painted this mural on Silsbee Street close to the railway tracks and station. There are words on the black band on the gorilla’s shoulder that say “Entering Lynn”.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA by Ruben Ubiera, large gorilla,
street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, by Ruben Ubiera
the words leaving memories always written in black capital letters on a wall with other street art colours

below: Lastly, just across from the tracks Kevin Ledo has painted “Do you realize” on the side of one of the small apartment buildings.

street art mural in Lynn Mass USA, large mural on side of apartment building of a young woman, with text, do you realize, painted by kevin Ledo

Hallelujah

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The song “Hallelujah” is probably Leonard Cohen’s (1934-2016) most recognized work … or at least that’s what I think whenever I hear Leonard Cohen’s name, or see a picture of him. In Montreal, Cohen’s hometown, there is now a large mural of him that was painted by Kevin Ledo, also of Montreal.

very large mural in Montreal of Leonard Cohen, head and shoulders, wearing a fedora, in purple tones, by Kevin Ledo

Hallelujah Lyrics:

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you dont really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor falls, the major lifts
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, maybe there’s a God above
As for me all I’ve ever learned from love
Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
But it’s not a crime that you’re hear tonight
It’s not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the Light
No, it’s a cold and it’s a very broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Instrumental

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well people I’ve been here before
I know this room and I’ve walked this floor
You see I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
But listen love, love is not some kind of victory march, no
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove she was moving too
And every single breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Now I’ve done my best, I know it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didnt come here to London just to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand right here before the Lord of song
With nothing, nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah