Graffiti Alley – first visit of 2026

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Mary C

This blog post is a quick look some of the “art” that can be seen in Toronto’s Graffiti Alley at the moment. There is lot on display even though I only walked between Spadina and Portland so this post focuses on the murals and larger paintings that I saw. The smaller stickers and paste ups will be in a subsequent post (sooner rather than later I hope!).

below: Blue birds and big ugly black dogs.

below: A portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine’s blue and yellow colours.

below: Daisy, in rabbit ears

below: On one of the corners, there is a long grey mural with bits of red….

below: “A lone samurai known as Ghost stands on watch”. A story and a mural by Dewucme

below: Portraits painted on skateboards – there has been a collection of such portraits hanging here for at least a year. I am not sure if these three are newer, or if I just forgot them last time. (Link to blog post of skateboards from 2025)

below: Portrait by Bunso

below: Other part of the above mural, but painted by a different artist (I think)

below: In memory of Andre Campbell

below: Behind the Queen Street stores

below: Painting on hoardings as downtown redevelopment (and subway construction) slowly encroaches on the Queen and Spadina neighbourhood.

below: “Find peace in your chaos” Plus, it seems to be wearing shirt and tie but it’s also drooling and looking just a little unhinged!

below: Monstrous television screen head with bloody gums and matching tie.

below: “Who you gonna call?” Ghostbusters green slimey thing!

below: He’s got one big eye and a scowl on his face. There’s a burning cigarette in his mouth and the Ace of hearts is tucked into his hat band. Quite the character.

below: Not all cats are cute?

below: A woman with her purple hair tied up with little glowing (but ghostly) lanterns in a mural by MonkYi

below: Climbing green onions (scallions?)? An upside down blue goose? … And in the middle, yellow siu mai (Chinese open-topped steamed dumplings, a dim sum favorite), all images from the imagination of Mixt Paints aka Kelcy Timmins Chan

below: There’s that snowman again, but on a different wall and surrounded by graffiti

below: Ninos Libres, by Kalaruno

below: Another Kalaruno painting

below: At least it’s a step up from tagging…..

below: A green finger on the trigger.

below: Blue. And strange looking. He’s hanging out in the doorway.

below: An introspective dragon

Photos taken January 2026

In a courtyard, behind a museum

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Mary C

below: An emoji come to life and he’s laughing so hard that he’s crying. His phone is his window on the world, but in reality it’s also someone else’s window. This painting by Spok Brillor marks the passageway from Lafayette Street to a courtyard full of street art behind a building that is home to the Punto Urban Art Museum.

large mural by Spok Brillor of a yellow laughing emoji with tears in one eye, holding a smart phone in his hand. phone corresponds to a window in the building.

looking up from below, large mural by Spok Brillor of a yellow laughing emoji with tears in one eye, holding a smart phone in his hand. phone corresponds to a window in the building.

below: In a quiet corner, sits a little metallic fellow (by Pixel Pancho) and a blue peacock (?)

two graffiti aintings, beside a red and a yellow planter with plants, petunis and tomatoes. A white character by Pixel Pancho, white metal, yellow features, sitting on the ground, behind him a bird with a long neck, peacock? or maybe vulture?

below: Strawberry Shortcake is also here with a wise message about eating cake first (by Megzany). She first appeared as a doll in 1979 after being featured in Hallmark greeting cards for a few years before that.

street art painting on red brick wall, strawberry shortcake character, girl with red and white dress, red and white hat, red shoes, with words life's short, cake first.

below: One of the larger murals back in the courtyard is “Doña Mecho” by the duo Dúo Amazonas (Lina Castellanos and Nati Andreoli).

woman in a mural, beside a large table with a black pot on it, head scarf on her head, smoking a pipe

below: Farmers in their fields with mountains behind. This is “Mural De Campo” by Rigo Peralta, Melanio Guzmán, and Ramón Santiago

mural, rural scene, workmen in fields, palm trees, mountain in the distance, two men on horses on dirt road, a couple of dogs, painted by Rigo Peralta, Melanio Guzmán, and Ramón Santiago

below: Radiating lines and a smiling face in a mural (“Migrar”) by Felipe Ortiz and Ivan Salazar.

below: Equality, by Goma and Amby

equality mural, two faces, purple female and blue male, woman has red rose in hter long white hair, man has basket of flowers on his head.

below: A quiet corner among the trees.

Punto Urban Air Museum (PUAM) is located in the Point neighbourhood of Salem and one of it’s goals is to “create a beautiful, uplifting environment for Point residents”. It also hopes to tap into the tourists that visit Salem – to get them to explore the area and help the economy of the Point neighbourhood. There are now more than 90 murals painted here. Not all of them are shown in this blog, but there some of the other Salem posts:

Photos taken July 2024

Hochstadenring

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Mary C

… is a street in Bonn that ends in a dead end (for traffic). There are buildings only on one side of the street because the other side is a concrete wall that helps support Guido-Westerwelle-Brucke as it rises to form a bridge over the railway tracks.

below: Little long-nosed knee pads for someone with big feet.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany - lower part of a mural, big feet with white socks and laced shoes, yellow knee pads that look like faces with long noses. Urban art by Falko.

below: Cheap Art (& Factorie 45) are located here. Also, there is body (of sorts) above those big feet. “Legs Alien” was painted by Falko.

below: Books coming together to form a bridge – this is “World Construction” by Anthony Dipaola and Adolfo Torrico. There are 17 books in the stack and each one represents a Sustainability Goal such as No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, and Affordable Energy, etc. It is painted on the side of Kult 41 cultural center (and beside Bonn’s Central Mosque).

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, mural by Marie Hesse, blue tropical birds surrounded by lots of greenery and trees

below: This mural by Marie Hesse is a recent addition to the neighbourhood. It is a tribute to Expressionist painter August Macke (1887-1914) and is her interpretation of a Macke painting “Mädchen mit Blauen Vogeln (Girl with Blue Bird) (the museum, August Macke Haus is nearby).

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, mural by Marie Hesse, blue tropical birds surrounded by lots of greenery and trees, on a street with lots of red and white construction barricades

below: Big brown eyes, with a tack in the bottom corner of one.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, large pink face of a brown eyed man, lower part s covered with orange and yellow paint

below: Smile!

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, with the word smile beside it

below: Another Smile! This one looks like weather – there’s lightning, and raindrops, and clouds.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, another smile face

below: I almost missed it – This Petit Astronaute by Seileise (aka Tim Ossege) was hiding behind some very heavy pieces of metal.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, black and white stencil of an astronaut and three chickadees by Sieleise

below: Because I was trying to balance the metal pieces while holding my camera, the photo is not at the best angle.

below: Purple lines, like purple crayon drawings.

below: Mahala

below: A big toothy grin, popsicle by NanE

below: The south end of Hochstadenring – vacant lot on one side, concrete wall on the other.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany

below: Turn around, and look back where you came from.

below: An alien life form and lots of scribbles.

below: From the end of Hochstadenring you can see the next street over, Heerstrasse, and two faded older mural dating from 2015.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, two large murals painted in 2015

below: A closer look at the one on the left shows this scene

below: There was a flowing grid of different colours on the mural on the right but most of it has been covered with tags.

below: Street art of a slightly different sort – the next two photos are large whimsical sculptures that were probably made from found objects. They add some fun to the courtyard of Kult 41.

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, sculpture of a big mouthed fish made from found objects

below: It would mooooo if it could……

street art on Hochstadenring in Bonn Germany, sculpture of a cow made from found objects

street art in Bonn Germany, on the wall under a bridge

Photos taken 31 October 2025

Higson Lane, downtown Melbourne

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Mary C

….Yet another lane in the Central Business District in Melbourne that has street art on its walls.

below: Two bald men, two pink robots.

street art urban art in Higson Lane, two bald men's heads with two square pink robot heads

below: Two different men. On the right, Julian Assange, of WikiLeaks fame, is painted on a roller door. On the left is a portrait of a different man, Ethan Joker, by Lushsux.

muralsin an alley, On the right, Julian Assange, of WikiLeaks fame, is painted on a roller door. On the left is a portrait of a different man, Ethan Joker, by Lushsux

below: Bob Marley

Black and white stencil graffiti of Bob Marley, with cursive text of some of his lyrics "You say you love rain But you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun But you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind But when it comes you close your windows. That's why I'm scared when you say you love me." — “You say you love rain But you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun But you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind But when it comes you close your windows. That’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”

below: A mix of different paste-ups and stencils including an astronaut’s proclamation that “We are the Chosen Few” and a UFO with an enormous brain.

below: A closer look at “We are the Chosen Few”

paper paste up in alley, We are the chosen few, UFO with a very big brain in the dome of the top

below: Catwoman on the run with a blue bag from DeliveryBunny.

below: Bad Habits – Riots not diets!

sticker graffiti, with text bad habits, plus cursive writing riots not diets

below: The Breaking Bad LEGO guys are in Higson Lane too. There is also a little Robbo-T guy with crossed wrenches – a skull and crossbones motif!

below: More little stickers and paste-ups.

below: She has funny ears, perhaps elfin ears.

below: “Classic” graffiti

graffiti that looks like ancient greek or roman art, people in togas, man with laurel wreath

below: One end of Higson Lane

Higson Lane in downtown Melbourne, with urban art

below: Chimp One painted this portrait

below: Painting in shades of pink by Louis Moore

painting of a man, street art mural, in pink hues, by Louis Moore

below: Cute penguins and a big fuzzy penguin, by Lukas Kasper

Cute penguins and a big brown fuzzy penguin, a mural by Lukas Kasper

below: On the left, another Lukas Kasper painting – this time a lizard. On the right, a brilliantly coloured falcon’s head by Silly Sully

2 street art murals, On the left, a Lukas Kasper painting of a lizard. On the right, a brilliantly coloured falcon's head by Silly Sully

below: Melbourne Moments

below: Revolution on the Television Head, or something like that. A women’s revolution? It’s the work of Salvo, aka Matthew Domenic Salvo.

below: “It’s okay to change your mind” written on orange beside a Tinkerstrumpf paste-up of a young woman and her guns. She has appeared in London and Cologne as well here in Melbourne.

below: On the right, a sort of portrait of a woman, or at least the skull of one.. with sunglasses.. and then overlaid with yellow, orange, and red stripes (by v-Is_4_vasso) The one in the middle is either a restaurant menu or an artwork meant to look like a menu – whichever the case, she has a red octopus on her head. Last, the very pink face on the left looks a lot like Princess Leia.

3 paper paste ups graffiti pieces, one is red, orange and yellow portrait of a long haired skull with sunglasses on by v is 4 vasso.

below: Ronald McDonald is saving a seat for you.

graffiti, ronald mcdonald sitting on a wood bench

below: Robbo-T has ripped his heart out but the two young ladies haven’t noticed.

paste up graffiti, one is Robbo-T sitting on ground with his heart in his hand, the other is two young women, one dress in black boots and black outfit, the other is wearing nothing, Sitting with their knees bent in front of them.

below: Black and white photos of somewhere in Melbourne.

below: XUF with Wednesday Addams about to spray.

below: Cax One created it, but what an ugly face!

below: It’s a beautiful day to respect other people’s pronouns. It also seems to be a good day for dancing.

below: Little fish swimming on the concrete – like a fish out of water

small three D fish graffiti on a wall, beside a painted yellow heart with happy face on it

below: Born in the spotlight, under surveillance from the beginning. POW! Or Prisoners of War?

stencil street art of a surveillance camera by a bird's nest, also 3 D red letters spelling POW

Photos taken February 2025

Balmy Alley on a winter afternoon

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Mary C

A previous post, ‘stencils on a blue fence‘ featured art in San Francisco’s Balmy Alley. This post contains a lot more street art from the same location! Although the alley is only one block long, there is a lot to look at! Most of the art depicts Mexican or Hispanic history and culture; there is a strong reoccurring theme of social justice as well.

below: Street art paintings have been a part of Balmy Alley since the early 1970s. it is now home to numerous brightly colored murals.

below: Part of “Five Sacred Colors of Corn” at the entrance to Balmy Alley. Prior to 2021 these panels were at Mercy Housing.

below: A Day of the Dead image – a holiday to remember and honor those who have died.

part of a mural on Balmy, day of the dead theme, mexican roots

below: Max from “Where the Wild Things Are”

mural based on the character Max from the book Where the Wild things are, boy dressed in white wolf suit

below: This photo, and the following two, are from an older mural by Hector Escarraman. It was painted on a wood fence in the alley back in 1995. The colours have faded and the vines have started to encroach on the top of some of the heads but enough of the image remains that you can get a good idea of what the original painting looked like. All of the people in the mural are icons of Mexican art.

faded mural on wood fence, two people, man and woman, man wearing glasses, woman with long braids

below: A lonely red heart has been added.

mural, faded, portrait of a man, with a small red heart sticker on it,

below: One of the figures in blue is Frida Kahlo.

faded blue mural of people standing together

below: Three generations of women working in Nepal are depicted in this mural by Martin Travers. “Naya Bhinana” (A New Dawn) was painted in 2002.

part of Three generations of women working in Nepal are depicted in this mural by Martin Travers. "Naya Bhinana" (A New Dawn) was painted in 2002.

below: These stairs were decorated by Precita Eyes Muralists with a mural titled “Dragon Eyes”. It was painted way back in 1998. For more than forty years Precita Eyes has used murals to enrich communities in San Francisco – murals that focus on positive images about such topics as culture, nature, unity, and history

below: Zigzags and triangles in bright colours with a couple of hummingbirds flying around.

below: There’s a lot of religious and cultural symbolism in this mural and it shows how much the two are entwined.

mural, Madonna, dragon, butterfly in center, symbols, woman's portrait, bright colours

below: On the left, Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti with a few origami birds added to the scene.

faded murals, on left is Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti, both of wooden doors in an alley at number 86, small origami birds have been added

below: Mother and child

on a wood fence, large faces of mother and child

below: At 50A

painted buildings and fence in alley. Large brown and white cow in a landscape

below: Women of the Resistance, 38 women’s portraits in a group, painted in 2018 by Lucía González Ippolito aka Cia Lu Art

women of the resistance mural in balmy alley, featuring portraits of many women

left side of women of the resistance mural in balmy alley, featuring portraits of many women

right side of women of the resistance mural in balmy alley, featuring portraits of many women

below: Ruby throated hummingbird resting on a very blue finger.

street art mural, small ruby throated hummingbird sitting on the finger of an outstretched hand, along with some desert vegetation, cacti and succulents, red sky

mural, Cosmogonia by Chilovia, Raiz Peskado, dedicated to Andres Hernandez, on a wood fence in a lane in San Fran, blue woman with a hummingbird on her hand, boy riding a wolf, turtle, frog, and other flora and fauna

below: There is a dragon here too!

half of mural by Carla Wojczuk, a woman in front of a building,

below: The other half of the mural… It as painted by Carla Wojczuk in 2011 and is titled “56 Lu the Wanderer”.

below: “The Mission District is for Everyone” is the text on the sign that the little blue bear is holding. The mural is “Victorion” by Sirron Norris

mural of houses and apartment buildings that have become parts of robot like monster,

below: A tribute to Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who gave his life fighting for social and economic and ecological justice. He was murdered by the CIA (or at least by CIA-backed assassins) on 24th March 1980, the day after he he urged Salvadoran soldiers to disobey their superiors. A few days later, more than 30 people were killed at his funeral. In all, at least 75,000 people lost their lives during the 12 years that the civil war lasted in El Salvador.

mural that is tribute of El Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero who was murdered 24 March 1980, as well as the people killed at his funeral

part of mural that is tribute of El Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero who was murdered 24 March 1980, as well as the people killed at his funeral

below: Un Pasado Que Aún Vive (A Past That Still Lives Here) by Joel Bergner, from 2004

mural by Joel Bergner, mother holding a child, sitting outside,

below: Standing in a barrel is El Chavo from a Mexican television sitcom from the 1970s and 1980s. He is standing beside a mural from 2001 of a butterfly and a palm tree in “Memorias Primas” by Marta Ayala. The butterfly has been covered up for some reason.

below: Happy singing tree? Scared yelling tree? Enchanted and magical forest? Haunted and creepy forest?

mural of a tree with a human face that seems to be screaming

below: Another tree/human mix. This time there is a contrast to the hot colours of the desert on one side and the cooler colours of the city on the other. It is titled “Love and Compassion” and it is in memory of Father Richard Purcell (1938-2011), a Franciscan friar who ran a homeless shelter nearby for men with AIDS. The mural was painted by Laura Campos, a Precita Eyes member.

man as a tree, orange desert background on one side, blue city background with a house on the other

below: Parrots and toucans and other details, mural by Dallas Hyatt

large mural covering garage front, parrots, macaws, toucan, and other birds, also a Jesus with woman and baby.

mural on a garage door in balmy alley, large eyes looking at you

below: “Enrique’s Journey” by Josué Rojas,

mural by Josue Rojas in Balmy Alley San Francisco

mural by Josue Rojas in Balmy Alley San Francisco, man playing guitar

mural by Josue Rojas in Balmy Alley San Francisco, Uncle Sam holding a baby who is crying, ICE immigration depicted as skulls

mural by Josue Rojas in Balmy Alley San Francisco, angel, young boy with arms outstretched as if flying

below: “Tu doy una Cancion como un Disparo como un libro, una Palabra, una Guerrilla, Como Doy el Amor. I give you a Song Like a Tribute, like a Book, a Word, a Freedom fighter, like a I give Love.” Silvio Rodriguez.

man playing guitar, rainbow coming out of guitar and swirling around to form cornucopia of fruits and vegetables being held by a woman.

mural, two people with rifles pointed, three people holding framed photographs of other people

below: Day and night. The man in the moon reflects on the water below. The sun shines in a blue sky.

Photos taken February 2025

behind Alhambra

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Mary C

below: This short alley in Toronto starts at Alhambra Avenue and runs east towards Dundas.

below: Renovations to expand up and out.

below: Cats, dogs, and little yellow clouds.

below: He walked into my picture.

below: The lane turns south and runs between Dundas West and Alhambra Avenue.

below: She stares at you from beside the Taj Mahal.

below: Ready to play.

below: Two Kizmet Radcliffes, the crazy raccoon.

below: Cruz1 painting (signed as Cruz Uno) – a parrot flies somewhere over Toronto.

below: Herbs vegan snacks

below: The Faceless Few in orange and blue.

below: Can you see it?

below: Sunflowers, bent over under the weight of their heads.

Photos taken November 2025

Dusseldorf, big and small

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Mary C

… a few things seen as I walked around Dusseldorf on a rainy day.

below: At the train station – not really street art? But it’s a colourful addition to a grey platform.

below: One of the original pieces of street art in Dusseldorf is this large yellow Monkey that appears to be painted by a group of smaller monkeys. It was painted in 1969 by the Majo Brothers. The title is, appropriately “Affe” which is German for monkey. You could probably call it Der Gelbe Affe, or the Yellow Monkey.

below: Joseph Beuys is memorialized in this large portrait – he was a native of Dusseldorf who was influential in the development of the city from the 1960s until his death in 1986. One of his famous phrases is, “Everyone is an artist”.

below: Complex and largely symmetrical in shades of pink and purple is one way to describe this mural by HowNosm (or How & Nosm), a partnership between brothers Raoul and Davide Perre.

below: This is a large-scale, monochrome mural realistically depicting a person’s feet as they stand. They are wearing old boots (or shoes) and you can also see the bottom of their pant legs in the image. The artist was Hendrik Beikirch (aka ECB).

below: “Meat is Murder” he says as he holds out a sausage.

rough street art painting in Dusseldorf Germany, green male figure holding a sausage in one hand, text on painting says meat is murder

below: “No more wore” written on the Ukrainian flag.

below: Floral dog on a black and white slap, image by Christin Wenga.

below: Sad face with a blotch of yellow on his forehead.

below: “Nix Gelernt?” Nothing Learned?

below: In the center, raising the flag but it has been altered from the original photograph of the American the flag being raised at Iwo Jima on 23 Feb 1945 to an Anarchist flag. In the bottom corner is a small League of Legends sticker

below: His burning inside produces enough hot air to keep him afloat. There is a word written on his T-shirt which might give some clue as to the artist who created this large paste-up but I haven’t been able to find any answers online.

below: The thirteen of hearts and a pinwheel of robotic arms.

below: mmm

below: A bright green potted barrel cactus “growing” on a concrete wall.

below: Another dusseldorf monkey, not so big this time.

below: A lot of advice packed into a small space. “Don’t Panic”, “Be Big”, as well as “Never ever on a first date”.

below: Red head.

below: Framed twice.

old brick building with boarded up windows, windows used as frames for 2 paper paste up wheatpaste graffiti pieces, on left is cartoon character in blue, on the right is bald headed person with garland of flowers around head, head only, no body

below: For aspiring photographers – here is one way to display your work. Do you think that is effective? Worth the effort?

many coloured photos mounted on large white sheets of paper or bristol board, and then mounted on plywood, displayed outside

below: I’m not sure who it is, but they have very big black and blue lace-up shoes.

below: “Love will tear us apart”

Photos taken November 2025

along Kolnstrasse, Bonn

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Mary C

Walls of Vision, “Wald” by Shaleen Faussner. This was the winning image in a competition for young artists. One of the requirements was that the piece had to be a modern Interpretation of the historical artwork. Faussner chose “Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest” by Henri Rousseau. The artist duo innerfields (aka Holger Weissflog and Jakob Bardou) helped translate the winning image into the much larger size that was needed.

below: “Schöner leben ohne macker” = Better life without machos. (These are available as stickers from Etsy where they have the translation as “Live better without a bloke” – similar yet very different).

small paste-up, seahorse in rainbow colours with words schoner leben ohne macker

below: This stencil of girl reading a book titled “Tactics” is by seiLeise (aka Tim Ossege)

printed photo paste up of a young girl with long hair and glasses, reading a book with title Tactics. She has three other books, Technology, Doctrine, and Analyses.

below: Ludwig von Beethoven’s image is all over Bonn. Here, it’s mostly just his eyes that you can see.

long skinny mural of Ludwig von Beethoven's face, mostly just his eyes

below: Helicopters bring relief that many (half?) of you will relate to.

on red background, graffiti of three helicopterd in flight, each carrying something, all feminine hyguene products, tampons, a rolled up pad, and a menstrual cup.

below: Parakeet on a pink heart – as an aside, there are noisy parakeets in the nearby cemetery.

below: Du bist schön = You are beautiful

below: Smoochies with a very pink, and very happy, flamingo

below: Many little pieces

collection of small graffiti pieces on a wall, red hearts, a photo of two children in glasses, a photo of a person singing,

below: Birds on a wire – but one just has to be different.

below: Homeless astronaut

paper paste up, printed image of astronaut sitting on the ground with a sign in front of him that says homeless.

paper paste up, printed image of astronaut sitting on the ground with a sign in front of him that says homeless, beside two other paste ups that look like pez candy dispensers. one has head of a floppy eared dog and other has head of Wednesday from the Addams family.

below: PEZ dispensers, one with a red floppy eared dog and the other is Wednesday Addams. PEZ candies (actually officially known as Pfefferminz), in their special dispensers were invented in Austria back in 1911.

below: Another PEZ dispenser – I think that he came from Star Trek? He’s accompanied by a few other paste ups.

below: Rainbows and Arab men.

alley in Bonn Germany, with graffiti on the walls

Photos taken late October 2025

Carlin’s Cafe – San Fran

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Mary C

Carlin’s Cafe in the Mission District was closed for about 3 1/2 years during Covid. It re-opened in 2023. The paintings on the exterior wall pre-date the closure.

below: 298 Valencia Street.

street view of Carlins Cafe an Laundromat on Valencia Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, orange and yellow awnings over two large window,

below: A closer view

carlins cafe, exterior wall with large windows, paintings on the walls,

below: A rocket powered BART train? The lights of the Golden Gate bridge shine in the night while a sailing ship lingers outside the harbor. There is also a welder hard at work.

part of mural, BART train but with rocket engines, lights of the Golden Gate bridge,a welder, a sailing ship, a man wearing hat,

below: She’s dancing in a flowing orange dress but with a partner whose hands are skeletal.

part of a mural, a woman dancing with a skeleton in a black jacket, she's wearing long orange dress, also baseball players,

below: Tucked up in the shadows under the awning are a couple of baseball players

part of a mural, baseball players, with pennant flags

below: Playing for the camera?

below: A coffee moment.

below: More coffee, this time from the source.

coffee pot and spoon, pouring coffee, street art mural

below: The 49ers of the National Football League, the home team here in San Francisco.

below: A poster in the window

below: Seen outside the restaurant – This graffiti was inspired by Danny DeVito’s character Ongo Gablogian, art collector, critic, and patron, from the movie It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This graffiti was created by Ongosf and apparently, little Ongos can be found in many places!

Photos take February 2025

Park Here

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Mary C

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