Expedition Street Art
Sometimes, you have to get out of the park (Central Park that is) and on to the streets of NYC. Last Saturday, I did just that -- starting my walk in Little Italy and ending up just north of Washington Square Park. I was hoping to see some new street art and also working on getting my steps in (AKA feeding my Fitbit). There are two organized street art projects in this area (three if you count the Bowery Houston Wall) -- the Little Italy Street Art (LISA) project and the Centre-fuge Public Art Project . LISA is a bit like a scavenger hunt in terms of finding the art and since I did not venture far off of Mulberry Street, I likely missed a lot. The art here has a feeling of permanence -- at least the major pieces by street art giants such as Ron Eaton and Tristan Eaton. It's kind of like visiting Starry Night (van Gogh) at MoMA -- you just expect to find these murals intact. LISA has expanded out beyond the confines of Little Italy and so ...