Black Lives Matter Mural at Foley Square
NY
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The size of the Foley Square mural, which stretches across three blocks of Centre Street from the New York Supreme Court House to the Manhattan Municipal Building, is roughly comparable with the others, albeit perhaps a bit grander in scale at 600 feet long. It also eschews the straightforward, monochrome execution of some of, but not all of, the city’s Black Lives Matter murals in favor or 16 individual letters that are kaleidoscopic in nature. A veritable bonanza of colors, shapes, and designs, each letter can be viewed as a distinct, standalone work of art. In fact, three different artists—Tijay Mohammed (Black), Sophia Dawson (Lives), and Patrice Payne (Matter)—created each mammoth word.
Located in the civic heart of New York City adjacent to the historic site of the city’s African Burial Ground, the Black Lives Matter mural at Foley Square is the only one that’s creation was led by—and was largely funded in part by—architects, designers, and urban planners.
The size of the Foley Square mural, which stretches across three blocks of Centre Street from the New York Supreme Court House to the Manhattan Municipal Building, is roughly comparable with the others, albeit perhaps a bit grander in scale at 600 feet long. It also eschews the straightforward, monochrome execution of some of, but not all of, the city’s Black Lives Matter murals in favor or 16 individual letters that are kaleidoscopic in nature. A veritable bonanza of colors, shapes, and designs, each letter can be viewed as a distinct, standalone work of art. In fact, three different artists—Tijay Mohammed (Black), Sophia Dawson (Lives), and Patrice Payne (Matter)—created each mammoth word.
Located in the civic heart of New York City adjacent to the historic site of the city’s African Burial Ground, the Black Lives Matter mural at Foley Square is the only one that’s creation was led by—and was largely funded in part by—architects, designers, and urban planners.
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Nearby
| Foley Square Courthouse | 32 feet |
| Triumph of the Human Spirit | 171 feet |
| History of Foley Square | 235 feet |
| Foley Square | 242 feet |
| Benjamin Cardoza appointed | 254 feet |
| James Bogardus Factory | 254 feet |
| Authority and Justice | 262 feet |
| History of Foley Square - 1700 to 1800 | 267 feet |
| New York County Courthouse Pedimental Sculpture | 281 feet |
