Black Lives Matter street mural coming to 153rd Street in Queens
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A Black Lives Matter mural is painted on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Sunday, June 14. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.
By David Brand
New York City has marked Juneteenth by commissioning a Black Lives Matter street mural for a section of 153rd Street between Jamaica and Archer Avenues.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the location Friday, five days after artists painted a massive Black Lives Matter message on Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
This Brooklyn street emblazoned with a giant Black Lives Matter mural will become a pedestrian plaza for the rest of the summer pic.twitter.com/fg8j8CAJ7X
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De Blasio attended the painting session in Brooklyn and called the experience “really, really moving.”
“It felt like a moment where change was being declared and strengthened and energized, and we have more to do,” he said. “So, we will now proceed to paint murals and locations around the five boroughs.”
The city will paint black lives matter along 153rd street, between jamaica and archer avenues. google maps
In addition to 153rd Street, the city has commissioned Black Lives Matter paintings for Center Street, in Manhattan, Richmond Terrace in Staten Island, Joralemon Street in Brooklyn and Morris Avenue in the Bronx.
The paintings will be completed within the next three weeks, he said.
“I ask all New Yorkers to recognize the power of this moment, that the city of New York is saying loudly, clearly, consistently — Black lives matter,” de Blasio added.
