Showing posts with label marriage murals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage murals. Show all posts

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Neighbors come together to create a streetscape on 9th Street

We've been watching a communal mural project unfold this past week outside 418.5 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. (Top photo by Steven.)

Local resident and artist Javi Vecino Cintron led the project with the assistance of neighbors.

Here's how it started back on Tuesday (photos below by William Klayer)...
... and how it ended...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Marriage mural on East Second Street rankles neighborhood activist


The Lo-Down reported on a controversy surrounding the newest mural by Tats Cru on Second Street at Avenue A. Turns out a longtime neighborhood activist is demanding that the property owners remove the mural that she finds "racially offensive." She contacted CB3 and other local organizations for help. CB3 District Manager Susan Stetzer forwarded the complaint to the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the Lo-Down noted.

Turns out that this is a marriage proposal mural (like the one that was in this space before...). The groom-to-be (Marisha said yes!) wrote in to the Lo-Down with an explanation. "[I]t is a shame that something bred of love is getting sprinkled with negativity because one individual misconstrued it – a piece of art, no less. Regardless, I just want to make it clear that I was the sole creative director of this mural and Tats Cru only executed my design as requested."

[Photo of the happy couple via the Lo-Down]

Previously on EV Grieve:
Going to the mural and we're gonna get married

A marriage proposal by mural on Second Street (and she said yes)