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the last of Bonn

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In the past few months I have posted three sets of pictures of Bonn murals and graffiti.  The images that I am posting here are all that I have left from my time in Bonn.  At this point, I have no plans to return so this is “the last of Bonn”.  Of course, if anyone wants to send me pictures of more Bonn urban art (because I am sure that I missed some, or that there is more recent art/graffiti), I will be happy to post it with full credit.

below: “Einsusflug” and a tripping pigeon wearing its cool sunglasses.

graffiti slaps with picture of a pigeon, cursive text says einsusflug, pigeon is wearing sunglasses and carrying asack on a stick over its back

below: “This zystem is our enemy”. To which someone has replied, “True that”.

graffiti pasteup with text, the zystem is the enemy, written in white. someone has added, in black, true that

below: Many of the sidewalk/traffic/utility boxes around central Bonn have been painted with scenes from the city.  This is the Old City Hall (Altes Rathaus) that dates back to the 18th century.  I have always liked how City Hall ‘translates’ to Rat House in German!

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene, old city hall, altes rathsaus, a pink and white building with black roof dating from the 18th century

below: Another box, this one with very stylized, almost abstract, trees.

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted, stylized trees in a forest

below: Images of Johannes Sebastien Bach (1685-1750), the German composer, are all over Bonn.

two sidewalk utility boxes,side by side, in Bonn Germany,painted with portrait of JS Bach and with a picture of an old house

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene,

below: “Chin Up” On the outside looking in.

graffiti paste up with text that says chin up, picture of person with backpack on, peering over a fence at a large city

below: “‘Cuz this is NOT FINE!”

graffiti, cartoon picture of dog sitting on a chair, by a table with a mug on it, flames around it, text balloon that says cuz this is not fine

throw up tag on wall of building by a bridge, view from the bridge

street art, graffiti on small structure by parking lot behind a building, Bonn Germany

scrawl graffiti on a white building in Bonn, large M and e with a red heart

Photos taken October 2025

Previous Bonn posts:

1. Along Kolnstrasse

2. Hochstadenring

3. Together on a concrete wall

near Balaclava train station

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below: On the corner of Nelson and Carlisle streets, near Balaclava station in St. Kilda East.

stores, on a corner,

below: Black panther roaring with mouth open wide, fangs and teeth ready….

street art painting of a black panther with mouth open showing large white fangs

below: The railway crosses over Carlisle street at the north end of Balaclava station

railway tracks, bridge over carlisle street,

below: Praying. Painted by Pawtl

mural of a man with hands closed in prayer

below: Two women hanging out with a white rabbit and a white cat, by Deb.

street art painting of two woman, stylize, with short tops, exposed middles, and long skirts with hearts on them. Saturn and a white cat in the background

below: Come Alive Melbourne

cars parked in front of a mural

below:  A rainbow lorikeet

street art painting of a rainbow lorikeet bird, on a tree branch

below: Owls by the door

a door in the middle of a street art painting of owls including two small baby owls

below: More owls

street art painting of three owl faces,

below: Continuing the bird theme – a very old and weathered stencil of a pigeon

weathered black and white stencil of a pigeon, on a red brick wall

below: Another oldie, a paste-up of many people.  One person in a red and white striped shirt, holding a toddler.  A girl with long hair wearing a checkered red and white dress; she’s holding something like a brown box in her hands.  Beside her is a girl who is wearing a white top and a blue skirt. Who else can you see?

paste up of a group of people, very small

 The next few pictures are a  selection of paintings on the upper level of some of the stores on Carlisle.

below: Dana’s Patisserie

upper level, exterior, of Danas Patisserie on Carlisle street, with painting of a woman with a potted cactus and a black and white flower in a pot.

below: Many hands

paintings of three hands on upper level of a storefront, carlisle street, melbourne

below: Flowers and faces

paintings on the upper level of two adjacent stores, one with flowers on a green background and one with four portraits

below: “TAKE” or perhaps “TAK E” above a painting beside the walkway to Balaclava station, southbound trains.

store on Carlisle street beside ramp up to balaclava station, with large orange mural on one side of the building. the word take is above the mural large orange mural

below: On the platform, Balaclava station, “Shake was here”

platform at Balaclava station, with building behind, has text graffiti that says shake was here

below: Gradients in blue and orange cover the ground floor level of a new development beside the station – seen from the station platform.

stripes forming gradients in blues and oranges along the side of a building including the door to a garage

below: Also seen from the platform, street art on the back of a building by the tracks.

throw up calligraphy type street art,

below: Raise a steaming cup to the coffee culture that is strong here in Melbourne! Cheers!

little blue and white graffiti sticker, man walking while holding a cup with steam coming off of it

Photos taken March 2025

animals on rue Ontario

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On Montreal’s rue Ontario, close to rue Moreau and the railway tracks, there is a long brick building close to the sidewalk. At one end there is a painting of a squirrel with an object in his little front paws. This nut shaped object has a label that says Courrier Plus which turns out to be a trucking/transportation company and the owner of the building on which the mural is painted.

on rue Ontario, a painting of a squirrel with a bushy tail and holding a small package in his paws

The rest of the mural features a red fire hydrant, a pigeon and a toucan with a beak in rainbow colours.

part of a long horizontal mural on the side of a building, calligraphy and a red fire hydrant and a bluish pigeon sitting on a fence
part of a mural street art in montreal with a pigeon and a toucan
close up of the toucan in a mural with a rainbow coloured beak.

Changes at Broadview and Eastern

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This row of old two storey row houses has been vacant for years. Recently the developer that owns the properties provided a couple of Toronto artists the opportunity paint the exterior.  This is the result.

large street art painting by nick sweetman and luvs aka moises on a row of empty houses at Broadview and Eastern

If you look carefully, you can see that Nick Sweetman and Luvs (aka Moises) have painted the word CHANGE across the front of the buildings.   As a theme for a mural on a redevelopment site in a city bursting at the seams with such sites, change seems very appropriate.

below: I’ve played with the colours a bit to highlight some of the letters.  You should be able to see C, H, and A across this image.

part of a street art mural with the word change written in gold and yellow on a multi coloured background, on old houses with boarded up windows

But the mural is more than colour and letters.  There are three animals featured here – pigeon, raccoon, and coyote  – all of which have adapted to changes and now thrive in urban environments.

below: A blue pigeon

street art mural of a large blue pigeon on the side of an empty old house

below: A pinkish marroonish reddish raccoon

a large street art raccoon on an old house, part of a mural by nick sweetman and luvs moises

below: A coyote with a dead leaf and new buds.

large mural with a coyote face, a large dead orange leaf,

Funding provided by Streetcar Developments

a row of old brick houses with boarded up windows has been covered with a large mural

upper window of an old vacant house now covered in many colours, mural

below: The houses to the north….

row of houses on the east side of Broadview near Eastern, two story, peaked roof,

poster on a boarded up window that says so far so good

Photos taken 25 May 2023