Luis F. Perez | Eyes on the Streets

below: The hoardings around a construction site at 125th and Lexington provided the canvas for a section of the ‘Grand Scale Mural Project’ in Harlem.

street art on hoardings in harlem new york

below: In total, over 100 artists participated in the project. See their website, Uptown Grand Central for more information. Some of the murals are shown below.

pink wall with text, title and description of street art project, grand scale mural project, in harlem, by uptown

below: Three happy friends; boys laughing together – by Ramarru

street art on hoardings in harlem new york, laughing boys, flowers and a butterfly

below: A painting by Minhafofa, aka Marissa Molina … with a tattoo on her shoulder that says Never stop dreaming… and she’s looking at you.

street art on hoardings in harlem new york, woman, with tattoo on shoulder that says never stop dreaming, long black hair in a braid,

below: It looks like he’s swaddled in pink fur. He is Hip Hopper Cam’ron and the portrait was painted by Zane (aka Ivan Jines) using tags of ‘Zane’, a technique that he uses frequently in his portraits.

street art on hoardings in harlem new york, portrait of Cam'ron, a hip hop artist, by Harlem artist Zane, face surrounded by furry hat, holding a pink phone

below: More of the hoardings…. mother and daughter at a table, many faces, a sailboat sailing through a mysterious scene (rough seas? atomic bomb? or just playful clouds?)