I have no idea why there is a horse cart outside of this apartment building on W Street, off of 9th Street NW in the U Street area, but it always interests me. It’s pretty strange, a green wooden horse cart, sans the horse, in the middle of the city, just sitting outside of a nondescript apartment building (which, by the way, is mysterious itself). I dig it.
I have been looking at this strange piece of art that suddenly appeared a not too long ago in this lot that is popular with the homeless just off U Street, on 10th Street NW, behind the Chinese carry-out, next to the green Bratton Realty house. It looks like some Col. Sanders type thing. I wish I had taken a picture of it before it got BROKEN, but I didn’t want the residents of the lot to get paranoid.
I am a huge fan of this mural on the side of the True Reformer Building (1200 U St NW)! I’m impressed every time I see it. Apparently it was created by G. Byron Peck in 2004. The man in the mural, of course, is the legendary Ben Ali…naw, just kidding, it’s Duke Ellington! This is my favorite artwork on any building that I have seen. What’s yours?
Since I use the 10th Street entrance at the illustrious U Street/Cardozo/African-American Civil War Memorial station, I was completely ignorant to the vibrant, super cool mural at the 13th street entrance (now of course I’m envious). But, there is some really nifty artwork at that entrance, as I discovered on my way to the Rite Aid on U and 13th after a trip to Dupont Circle on Saturday. (more…)
