This mural of Ella Fitzgerald can be seen in all its wonderful, colorful glory at the Ridge Hill Shopping Center in Yonkers, NY, on Fitzgerald Street! Ella, though born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917, grew up in Yonkers. The ‘First Lady of Song’ spent her childhood years (in the 1920’s) on School Street (close […]
Yes, I know – I’ve missed a few weeks, and that’s unfortunate, but Real Life sometimes takes priority over all else! Anyway – this picture was taken fresh for this post… Yesterday (June 11th), I took a walk from Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, over to Jefferson Avenue in Brooklyn. I guess I spotted this […]
Take a walk around the right areas in New York and you’ll eventually encounter one of the murals created by BK Foxx. Her works are usually large-scale and incredibly photorealistic. Her murals grace walls all over the world nowadays, but being NY-based, I believe that most (and the BEST!) of her works are waiting for […]