Dash Snow, young artist who recently died from a drug overdose.

Same wall in 2004, it looked pretty much like this until it was painted over.

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What that durn red nosed dog placed on the Brandie Bailey ghost bike’s seat is an irreverent but not totally unaesthetic addition. Those artificial flowers, still vibrant from the memorial in May, have tarted up the bike of late, possibly drawing the attention of the dog. Previously real flowers were used and [...]

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“Chalk” a project organized by filmaker Ruth Sergel – streetpictures.com
In 2005 I asked her source on the names etc. She wrote: “The addresses/ages etc. come from a wonderful book Triangle: The Fire that Changed America that just came out a couple of years ago by David Von Drehle. He Chalked this year & spoke [...]

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I found this kind of sad. They are repairing the roof of the Anna Silver grade school, and put their porta-potties in front of the school’s 911 memorial. Those are silhouettes of the kids inside the numbers. The contractors could at least have put a tarp over it.
What it looked like in 2003

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