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17-Oct-2020

520 8th Street SE

I liked the way they restored part of the old sign but left the original in the top half.

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is offering a new walking tour, this time featuring murals around the Hill, about which they say:

“Capitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community – but we’ve included them because we love them and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades but many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. A couple are on the sidewalk. One is not actually a mural at all but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. … Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

Flight, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/1701s f/1.8 at 4.2mm iso32 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Julie Oldfield10-Nov-2020 01:16
This one is fantastic. Great capture of it. V
Dennis Hoyne09-Nov-2020 20:33
i love the contrast, the old with the new.
Mairéad09-Nov-2020 19:46
This is a really good idea and you've captured it very well.
carol j. phipps08-Nov-2020 17:24
Super capture. V
Jeff Real08-Nov-2020 14:57
The way they handles this is very creative!
What a fine image with every detail looking great!
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Bill Miller07-Nov-2020 22:02
That is a really clever way to mix old and new
Martin Lamoon07-Nov-2020 21:39
Good to see the old sign is there.
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Nick Paoni07-Nov-2020 21:17
What an interesting combination of history and restoration.
Don Mottershead07-Nov-2020 20:59
Great capture. Tonight I'm going to have something stronger than Coca Cola to celebrate your election!
John Hamers07-Nov-2020 19:22
Great idea to combine the old with the new sign. Well captured from this POV. V!
joseantonio07-Nov-2020 18:32
yes, it was a nice idea.V.
fotabug07-Nov-2020 18:02
Yes, interesting that they did that. I like the old sign for nostalgia.