Stare directly into the snapshot above from the corner of Fulton and Cavalcade streets, which now bears a sun-saluting mural echoing a loteria card. The painting is part of the mini mural series that began appearing on utility boxes across the southwest side of town last summer, at which time only 31 of the boxes were slated for colorful fates. The current count is closer to 60 murals (per the photo-laden interactive map available here); additional artists were recruited last fall.
While the majority of the completed projects are still concentrated between 59 and 288 inside Beltway 8, more than a dozen are now scattered north and east throughout the rest of the Inner Loop — with a few further north around Greenspoint, 1 beyond the Beltway to the west in Westchase, and another as far southwest as Missouri City. Here’s another recent addition to the collection in Aldine, next to the Shipley’s Donuts at the southwest corner of Airline and W. Dyna drives:
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- Mini Murals [Up Art Studios]
- Previously on Swamplot:Â The Parts of Town Where Those Streetcorner Mini Murals Are Popping Up
Photos: Brent Oldbury (top), Up Art Studios (bottom)
Love these things! But lose the raccoon, please. I am at war with this species.
I like these in my neighborhood. But I wonder what they’ll look like after being baked in the summer sun for a few years?
There was one Mini Mural in Clear Lake but it got graffiti’d. A sad day indeed.
Uh, glee.