Manhattan’s Financial District is about as concrete as this jungle gets. It’s an area of skyscrapers and steel, not exactly known for color except the green of dollah dollah bills. Well, that all changed this summer.
Ground Zero Becomes NYC’s Newest Street Art Hub
The walls hold electrical equipment and also house the entrance to the PATH train. Each one bursts with color. The NY Times has a great article where it spoke to each artist about creating art in this area. Tremendous loss looms ever-present with the single tower of One World Trade. This is a fact of the area, one that would be impossible to not consider when creating any kind of art downtown. Read that article here: Bringing a 5Pointz Vibe to Lower Manhattan.
The injection of colors feels like the next step in the evolution of life returning to the area. One World Trade construction finished years ago, the Oculus celebrated its second year anniversary. This area is no longer one of rebuilding and construction. WTC is ready to come alive. To thrive.
That’s what these colorful walls say to me.
by Brogla
by Ben Angotti
by Todd Gray
by BoogieRez
by Hektad
by Stickymonger
An art exhibit, a photo backdrop, a smile-inducer. Something for us to all enjoy and share – tourists and locals, executives and creatives, maybe even pessimists and optimists alike. I’m thrilled about the addition of art to this area.
For further details, check out this Downtown Express article: Street art: Murals commissioned around 2 WTC site
Thank you for featuring these murals! I love this building. I see these all the time when I go downtown to give my Lower Manhattan tours! (We don’t walk past, but that’s the subway station I come out of and use the public restrooms in that building before my tour). I can tell you incredible stories about the graveyard right across the street….