A Make-A-Wish moment on Avenue A

Rey Rosa (aka The Drif) created this mural this week outside 50 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street.

It's a piece for Make-A-Wish Metro New York... Rosa is a Make-A-Wish alumnus. 

As ABC 7 reports, Rosa, a Bronx native, was born with HIV and spent years in foster care. He was recipient of a "life-changing" Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World at age 7. 

"What kid doesn't want to go to Disney World," he told the station. "It let me know there was more out in the world than the small space I was occupying." 

This space on Avenue A is curated by the Lisa Project, the 501c3 public art charity that Rosa founded with his husband Wayne. 

You can watch the ABC report here. 

EVG reader Newman shared this in-progress photo from earlier in the week...

A happy birthday mural for Ray on Avenue A

Photos by Stacie Joy 

In honor of Ray’s 90th birthday this month, the folks behind the East Village-based Lisa Project surprised the proprietor of Ray's Candy Store today with this colorful new mural by Peach Tao outside 50 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street.

Later, Ray was brought from the shop to check out the new artwork in person...

In 2019, Tao updated the Ray's sign outside the shop at 113 Avenue A at Seventh Street.