If you live in Shaw, you must own a dog. Period. And, I don’t just mean a pit bull. Shaw is the epicenter of DC’s dog revolution. I spend an hour on most mornings at a coffee shop opposite Garrison Elementary School. The parade of dogs that goes by is astonishing – both in number and diversity. And, they all seem really happy. It’s amazing.
S & 11th Streets, NW — Shaw
2015
This devil lives just down the block from the Howard Theatre, on the side of a row house in the alley. He is half of an amazing painting that covers almost the full side of the house and extends along a fence. I actually don’t know if he is a devil, a deity, a genie or what. And no idea what the bell in the upper righthand corner is about. But I was blown away when I happened upon him one glorious morning a couple weeks back. Incredible.
Shaw
2015
This is the mural that replaced an earlier (and I think better) mural of Marvin Gaye that had been covered up by a new rowhouse. It’s across the street from where the original one was, and next to Hollywood Styles and Cuts barber shop. It’s still pretty cool though.
Shaw
2015
Skate park, 11th Street, NW
2015
Skate park, 11th Street, NW
2015
In the alley, alongside Capital Checkers. The Duke playing checkers with a sparrow by candlelight.
2015
This is the mural that got me interested in documenting street art here in DC. I had started riding my bike to and from work, and then began taking early morning rides on the weekends, through Shaw, downtown and over to the Hill. I had noticed the Marvin Gaye mural on my travels, and it had become a bit of a landmark for me. And then after a winter of not riding, I couldn’t find it. I was sure I was in the right spot, at 7th & S, but now I saw a new mural of Gaye on the other side of the street. Whaaat? And a new row house stood on the lot where the original mural had been. The mural was gone for good.
2014
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