Inner City Living – Inner City Art

 

Most of us live in a city of some description. In fact, approximately 50% of the world is estimated to living in an urban city environment according to The United Nations’ State of the World’s Cities ‘06 – ‘07. That’s 3.3 billion people dispersed across the “471” urban cities. (An urban city has a population above 1 million). I have already talked about city migration, so I want to talk about what happens to the environment people live in. I’m not talking about the natural environment. I am referring to the man-made visible urban environment. I am of course talking about street art.

 

It is only natural that people want to make a mark on their environment. We decorate our inner walls with pictures, ornaments, and possessions. It is not surprising that the artists also decorate their outer urban environment with street art. I live in quite a densely populated area where if it wasn’t for the random street art, it would be a far duller place.

 

I decided to capture a small sample of the street art in my neighborhood. I restricted it down to a 2 block radius of my house. And here is what I got:

These Guys were in doing this piece just outside my house.

And this is a picture of the corner of our house!