Murals Old and New

The Tamale Chica is covering an interesting story behind a Bridgeport mural that was painted over by the city's Graffiti Busters team. Check out this link:

http://tamalechica.blogspot.com/2009/05/destruction-of-bridgeport-mural-and.html

Here are a few shots of new murals located in my neighborhood, which the realtors like to call "West Bucktown." The first, on the side of the Handlebar, was created by a team of artists that worked all weekend a few weekends ago in the courtyard alongside Handlebar at 2311 W. North Ave. Josh of Handlebar told me that his restaurant is not affiliated with the mural, and that if I have any questions I should contact the organization whom organized the project.

Caesar Perez, or CZR PRZ, as his business card says, is an artist that worked on the new mural. He told me that the courtyard is an important one, and that many years ago it was used for community gatherings. A Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant was once held in the courtyard, per Caesar.

The other murals pictured (I believe, am guessing) are sponsored by the Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, a group that is working hard on creating a walking park along the elevated trail, which currently isn't accessible to the public. An artist friend worked on a section of the trail near a viaduct at Maplewood, and Bloomingdale awhile back, and I no longer have photos of her art from that project on my computer due to the Great Coffee Spill of 2008 and consequent frying of a former laptop's motherboard, but if I did I'd share her mural pictures, too.