Greetings From Nashville Mural – Nashville, TN

Near Parking Lot of Country Music Hall of Fame © Frank H. Jump

Near Parking Lot of Country Music Hall of Fame © Frank H. Jump

Seattle Service Station Mural Art – Capitol Hill

© Frank H. Jump

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses… Labor Mural – Seattle, WA

© Frank H. Jump

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Work with dignity for women and men - Labor Mural - Seattle, WA © Frank H. Jump

El trabajo dignifica al mujer y al hombre - Labor Mural - Seattle, WA © Frank H. Jump

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• Seattle/King County Coalition for the Homeless
• Seattle General Strike Movement
• Unions dot org
• Sound Mental Health – Seattle

Indian Chief Mural – Hollywood Bowl Self-Storage – Argyle Avenue

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

In & Around Cannery Row – Monterey Peninsula, CA

© Frank H. Jump

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Up against the wall: the power of the political mural – Channel Four UK

 

'Free Derry' mural, St Colomb Street in Derry's Bogside, Northern Ireland (Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilrickards) - Channel 4 UK

Jewish Heritage Mural – International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union – Lower East Side, NYC

ILGWU - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - © Frank H. Jump

ILGWU - International Ladies Garment Workers Union - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - CLICK FOR PDF © Frank H. Jump

Winter Olympic Murals – Torino, Italy – August 2008

© Frank H. Jump

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Street Art – Brunswick Street – Jersey City, NJ

© Frank H. Jump

Old Southwestern Mining Murals & New Southwestern Auto Ads – Richard Coda

Miami, AZ © Richard Coda

Miami, AZ © Richard Coda

Phoenix, AZ © Richard Coda

Other examples of Richard Coda’s work are at www.rcodaphotography.com and his blog at rcodaphotography.blogspot.com.

HISTORY OF MIAMI, ARIZONA

Miami, AZ dot org

Miami AZ dot org

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Life Is Beautiful – Mr. Brainwash – Campbell’s Condensed Tomato Spray – NE Corner of Kenmare & Mott- Little Italy, NY

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© Frank H. Jump

Owl & Sheep, Killing Fields Mural – Bushwick, Brooklyn

Off Wyckoff Avenue - © Frank H. Jump

Off Wyckoff Avenue - © Frank H. Jump

Off Wyckoff Avenue - © Frank H. Jump

Marilyn Monroe Mural – Cannes, France

Marilyn Monroe Mural on Highway Going East from Cannes - © Frank H. Jump

Ginandes Revisited – Columbia & Degraw – Red Hook, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

After posting a piece on this amazing mural, Damon Ginandes’ website is up and running. Recently covered in “Not Just for Tourists.com” – Ginandes’ work has spread to the windows and now the word of his work is spreading as well.  Check it out!

Sunday’s Feature Fade: The Despair of Port Arthur, Texas – Robert Baptista

Port Arthur, Texas is a gritty, oil refinery town best known as the place where Janis Joplin grew up. The Procter Street downtown business area has sadly faded away along with Janis’ powerful voice. I hadn’t visited downtown in years, so I went there on February 11th with my Nikon N-90 film camera and three rolls of film.

These scenes convey the despair of downtown Port Arthur – which once thrived with department stores, office buildings, hotels, restaurants and night clubs. The area comes to life once a year for Mardi Gras weekend and then returns to its vacant ambiance. In the early 1990s, elaborate murals of historic scenes were painted on building walls, but these too are disappearing due to the relentless sun and rains of southeast Texas.

But some hope of economic redevelopment is stirring. The World Trade Building on Austin Avenue, an impressive structure built in 1928 with fine architectural details, is slated for conversion to a 170 unit apartment complex. And the Hotel Batiste is being considered for an adaptive reuse such as a school. The refineries in town have announced several billion dollars of expansions which will create jobs and give the local economy a boost. The gasoline you use in New York is most likely refined here.

– Robert Baptista (www.colorantshistory.org)

Civil War Wall Mural – Racial Harmony – Pt. Arthur, TX

Civil War Mural – Robert E. Lee – Pt. Arthur TX

Port Arthur City Limits – Kress Building – Proctor Street

Coca-Cola, Proctor Street

Derelict Hotel Batiste

Golden Light Social Club – Houston Avenue

Derelict Golden Steer Restaurant – Houston Avenue

Derelict Hotel Sabine – Proctor Street

Jet Taxi – Houston Avenue

Loans – Proctor Street

Meat & Bait – Ripped Apart by Hurricane Rita

Reckless Driving Billboard – Proctor Street

Texaco Station – Proctor Street

Verna’s Club – Proctor Street

World Trade Building c. 1928 – Austin Avenue

© Robert Baptista