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17-Oct-2020

726 9th Street SE

I thought this was a pretty clever way to decorate a garage door. Seems like it also might appeal to car thiefs.

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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.

323 7th Street SE, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/120s f/2.0 at 6.0mm iso20 full exif

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Marwan Habib31-Oct-2020 22:00
I like this one!
barbarajoy29-Oct-2020 10:42
I really like this one Helen. A kind of trompe de l'oille. Nice car in there too! V
Dan Greenberg27-Oct-2020 00:24
Especially if the owner really has that car. Great catch and photo. ~BV~
Graeme20-Oct-2020 09:55
Oh, this is an excellent find, Helen. I love how they did this mural!! V
Dennis Hoyne18-Oct-2020 18:08
Someone has a very creative mind. A wonderful find, I love it.
Julie Oldfield18-Oct-2020 15:52
Cool! V
John Hamers18-Oct-2020 09:39
Amazing art work, cleverly done. Well captured. !!V
victorswan18-Oct-2020 05:32
in any case, it is beautifully done, and that it attracts thieves, I certainly believe in it, beautifully seen and portrayed Helen BV
Tom Munson18-Oct-2020 03:57
Cool shot.
joseantonio18-Oct-2020 03:46
such a lovely way of decorating your garage door.V.
globalgadabout18-Oct-2020 01:31
the illusion works at a glance...quite the accomplished artwork..
Isabel Cutler18-Oct-2020 01:21
Very clever. At first I thought you closed your garage door on your new Beamer.
Raymond Ma18-Oct-2020 01:09
That is so clever and so good!!! V
hayl18-Oct-2020 00:49
What a great mural. Wonder what kind of car is really in the garage ?
Kevin Warren17-Oct-2020 23:39
Quite well done and effective - my first thought was "what a nice Porsche"