murals
Chrisjohnbowman [http://instagram.com/p/gBUZw5wiAg/] spots a booby trap not very well covered in leaves. Snapped any good sidewalk scenes recently? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and
Loader
For a while now, we’d thought this painting of a loader on the wall next to Geo Gas on the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Lewis Place had been part of something larger that was hiding under a sign [http://www.flickr.com/photos/79759083@N00/1563210364/] that
Barrier
While walking past the concrete barrier that runs along Fort Hamilton Parkway from Park Circle to about East 5th Street next to the bike lane, we noticed how, well, dingy it’s gotten since it was painted with a new design in October, 2011 [http://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/10/
Brooklyn Recycle Project
Artist and neighbor Carlos Pinto [http://www.jcarlospinto.com/] and the Brooklyn Recycle Project [https://www.facebook.com/pages/BRP-Brooklyn-Recycle-Project/157369357631364] will be working on the mosaic mural at the Newkirk Plaza passageway [/blog/art-music/embed-a-piece-of-yourself-in-the-newkirk-mosaic] on Saturday, March 9 from about 10am to 1pm, and he’s inviting anyone
East 16th Street
The new East 16th mural was tagged by this bit of graffiti recently, as shown by this picture from neighbor Edwina. The mural was painted earlier this month [/blog/art-music/who-painted-east-16th-streets-new-mural] in an effort to keep the wall untagged as urged by C-Town, said FDC’s [http://fdconline.org/] Robin
Damion Scott
C-Town Supermarkets has pledged a matching grant of up to $3,800 in funds for getting the new mural up [/blog/art-music/a-new-mural-is-coming-to-e-16th-st] on East 16th Street and Newkirk Avenue (pictured above), says Robin Redmond, Executive Director at the Flatbush Development Corporation [fdconline.org]. If you’d like to donate,
murals
Wave after wave of volunteers stopped by yesterday to help paint the mural in the Newkirk Plaza passageway. Lyna and Oksana from the Newkirk Cares Collaborative [https://www.facebook.com/NewkirkCollaborative] and artist Susan Jaramillo [http://www.thevoxcollective.com/work/] directed everyone who picked up a brush–from friends and
85th street
The above video, uploaded by BKLYNmurals [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfAP1WjjUQ&list=UUE42VvWbPknFZkoRCPrQW1A&index=2&feature=plcp] , celebrates and showcases how the same type of talent and civic interest that could lead one to put up some great Christmas lights in the winter can also
Forgotten NY
Thanks to Gowanus Lounge [http://www.gowanuslounge.com/2009/01/29/fogotten-ny-ghosts-of-sheepshead-bays-future/] , I’ll be on the lookout this week for the historian, otherwise known as, Master New York Factologist Kevin Walsh. Gowanus Lounge said that his trip is specifically to take another look at the familiar mural at the