Unless you park behind it, you might miss the blue and white mural on the south wall of Ypsilanti City Hall.
The City Hall Mural by Jermaine Dickerson is a whoosh of color as you drive by on one-way Huron Street into downtown Ypsilanti, Michigan.
But if you’re walking on the sidewalk, take a moment to find the iconic reminders of Ypsilanti past and present.
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The stunning 8,000-square-foot mural is impossible to miss as you travel eastbound on Grand Boulevard from Woodward Avenue into the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit, Michigan near the New Center.
Painted by local artist Sydney James, The Girl with the D Earring mural stands nine stories tall on the west wall of the 107-year-old Chroma building, recently renovated by The Platform development company.
James is well known in Detroit for her murals across the city, including Our Issue and Black List (which I highlighted a few years ago on this blog) as part of Murals in the Market at Eastern Market. Continue reading Photo of the Week: The Girl with the D Earring
Finished in mid-summer 2019, the 100-foot-tall colorful mural of Stevie Wonder can’t be missed as you walk north on Brush toward Detroit’s Music Hall.
The mural stands out on the south wall of the Music Hall, rising out of the back of a downtown Detroit parking lot.
Created by London-based artist Richard Wilson, the 8,000-square-foot mural is something Wilson felt so committed to, he painted the mural on his own money. Estimated cost: around $10,000. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Stevie Wonder Mural at Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts