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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 19/8/2015: South Philly art

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 19/8/2015: South Philly art
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 07:32:31 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Those mosaics are a lot more ambitious than your typical "rattle can" 
grafitti.

Chris

>
>The other day I went back to South Philly with my daughter to visit a 
>jewellery/piercing 
>shop on South 6th Street and to have lunch at the Blackbird vegan restaurant 
>which is a 
>truly great place to eat.
>
>While I was waiting for Monica, I walked around the neighbourhood a bit. A 
>small alley 
>called Kater Street caught my eye because of the wall paintings and mosaics:
>
>http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154304&k=rc8tt84&lb=1&s=O
>
>This is actually someone’s backyard:
>
>http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154294&k=2KptR6z&lb=1&s=O
>
>At a certain point this guy emerged from his house and we had a little chat. 
>He told me 
>that most of the mosaics were made by his father, and he agreed to pose for me 
>in front 
>of one of them:
>
>http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154306&k=CLvkNPb&lb=1&s=O
>
>A most pleasant encounter in what is becoming one of my favourite urban 
>neighbourhoods 
>in the US.
>

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