Museum of the Street
  • Camilo José Vergara
  • Over Time
  • Origins, Africa
  • Religion
  • History & Identity
  • Portraits
  • Memorials
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Subways
  • Hair
  • Chain Link Fences
  • Rural Imagery
  • Food
  • Lettering & Signs
  • Neon Transformed
  • Dogs
  • Collections
  • Famous People
  • Socializing
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence
  • Known Artists
  • Municipal Art
  • Disappearing Art
  • Artists at Work

Museum of the Street

  • Camilo José Vergara/
  • Over Time/
  • Origins, Africa/
  • Religion/
  • History & Identity/
  • Portraits/
  • Memorials/
  • Motor Vehicles/
  • Subways/
  • Hair/
  • Chain Link Fences/
  • Rural Imagery/
  • Food/
  • Lettering & Signs/
  • Neon Transformed/
  • Dogs/
  • Collections/
  • Famous People/
  • Socializing/
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence/
  • Known Artists/
  • Municipal Art/
  • Disappearing Art/
  • Artists at Work/
 Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970

Museum of the Street

Religious visions, public memorials, political effigies, historical tableaux and commercial signage found in the Black and Latinx neighborhoods of America

Origins, Africa

Museum of the Street

  • Camilo José Vergara/
  • Over Time/
  • Origins, Africa/
  • Religion/
  • History & Identity/
  • Portraits/
  • Memorials/
  • Motor Vehicles/
  • Subways/
  • Hair/
  • Chain Link Fences/
  • Rural Imagery/
  • Food/
  • Lettering & Signs/
  • Neon Transformed/
  • Dogs/
  • Collections/
  • Famous People/
  • Socializing/
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence/
  • Known Artists/
  • Municipal Art/
  • Disappearing Art/
  • Artists at Work/
 Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970

Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970

 Elephants, Mural by Finesse Art Works, Grand River Blvd. at 14th St., Deatroit, 1995.  This 1991 mural  represents an effort to create an African American  identity in the Motor City at a time of de-industrialization and white flight.

Elephants, Mural by Finesse Art Works, Grand River Blvd. at 14th St., Deatroit, 1995. This 1991 mural represents an effort to create an African American identity in the Motor City at a time of de-industrialization and white flight.

 African mask, Scudder Homes, Newark, 1987

African mask, Scudder Homes, Newark, 1987

 2038 Fifth Ave., Harlem, 1992

2038 Fifth Ave., Harlem, 1992

 African dancers, a lion, and portraits painted on an abandoned building, 166th St. between Union and Prospect Aves., S. Bronx, 1989

African dancers, a lion, and portraits painted on an abandoned building, 166th St. between Union and Prospect Aves., S. Bronx, 1989

 Cream of wheat, Black Power mural, Africa, elephants, tigers, the sphinx, chains and a cook, Trenton, N. J. 1982

Cream of wheat, Black Power mural, Africa, elephants, tigers, the sphinx, chains and a cook, Trenton, N. J. 1982

 African masks and Sujourner Truth flank a black astronaut, 423 Rosencrans Blvd., Compton, 2000

African masks and Sujourner Truth flank a black astronaut, 423 Rosencrans Blvd., Compton, 2000

 J. & J. Shine Parlor, (Johnson and Johnson), 4913 S. Central Ave., LA, 1996

J. & J. Shine Parlor, (Johnson and Johnson), 4913 S. Central Ave., LA, 1996

 MLK Jr., Mandela and Malcolm X mural at Mr. Toy, West Madison Street at Cicero Avenue, Chicago, 1991. Painted by Mr. Toy's son.

MLK Jr., Mandela and Malcolm X mural at Mr. Toy, West Madison Street at Cicero Avenue, Chicago, 1991. Painted by Mr. Toy's son.

 Bolted to the sidewalk, a statue of MLK Jr. as an African King barefoot, The Austin Wellness Center, 4800 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, 2016

Bolted to the sidewalk, a statue of MLK Jr. as an African King barefoot, The Austin Wellness Center, 4800 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, 2016

 Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater.  N. E. corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2011

Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater. N. E. corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2011

 Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater.  NE corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2009

Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater. NE corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2009

 Jaye Dee's Mart,  The columns are painted in the colors of the Pan African flag.  The building was the Detroit Bank and Trust until the early 1980s.  It was vacant in 1994 when Jaye Dees Mart moved in The current owner moved in. I asked her if the e

Jaye Dee's Mart, The columns are painted in the colors of the Pan African flag. The building was the Detroit Bank and Trust until the early 1980s. It was vacant in 1994 when Jaye Dees Mart moved in The current owner moved in. I asked her if the establishment was in the ghetto. She replied: "We got Boston Edison one block away and that is not a ghetto. If you want to see a ghetto, we have Collingwood and Calvert." 10355 Hamilton Avenue, Detroit, 2015

 The Sanctuary of the Sabaeans, 719 Bushwwick Ave., Brooklyn, August 25, 2020,

The Sanctuary of the Sabaeans, 719 Bushwwick Ave., Brooklyn, August 25, 2020,

 Face based on a XVI Century ivory mask from Benin, 359 West 125th St., Harlem, 2009

Face based on a XVI Century ivory mask from Benin, 359 West 125th St., Harlem, 2009

 Friendship Baptist Church, Jackson at Laramie Ave.  2017. The church modelled after the African hut was built in 1983

Friendship Baptist Church, Jackson at Laramie Ave. 2017. The church modelled after the African hut was built in 1983

 "Harlem Canvas for Change," a wall of expressions, Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. at West 125th St. Harlem, August 23, 2020.

"Harlem Canvas for Change," a wall of expressions, Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. at West 125th St. Harlem, August 23, 2020.

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 Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970
 Elephants, Mural by Finesse Art Works, Grand River Blvd. at 14th St., Deatroit, 1995.  This 1991 mural  represents an effort to create an African American  identity in the Motor City at a time of de-industrialization and white flight.
 African mask, Scudder Homes, Newark, 1987
 2038 Fifth Ave., Harlem, 1992
 African dancers, a lion, and portraits painted on an abandoned building, 166th St. between Union and Prospect Aves., S. Bronx, 1989
 Cream of wheat, Black Power mural, Africa, elephants, tigers, the sphinx, chains and a cook, Trenton, N. J. 1982
 African masks and Sujourner Truth flank a black astronaut, 423 Rosencrans Blvd., Compton, 2000
 J. & J. Shine Parlor, (Johnson and Johnson), 4913 S. Central Ave., LA, 1996
 MLK Jr., Mandela and Malcolm X mural at Mr. Toy, West Madison Street at Cicero Avenue, Chicago, 1991. Painted by Mr. Toy's son.
 Bolted to the sidewalk, a statue of MLK Jr. as an African King barefoot, The Austin Wellness Center, 4800 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, 2016
 Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater.  N. E. corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2011
 Detail of a sculpture by the Nigerian artist Adebisi Akanji Osogro, National Black Theater.  NE corner of 5t Ave. and 125th St., Harlem, 2009
 Jaye Dee's Mart,  The columns are painted in the colors of the Pan African flag.  The building was the Detroit Bank and Trust until the early 1980s.  It was vacant in 1994 when Jaye Dees Mart moved in The current owner moved in. I asked her if the e
 The Sanctuary of the Sabaeans, 719 Bushwwick Ave., Brooklyn, August 25, 2020,
 Face based on a XVI Century ivory mask from Benin, 359 West 125th St., Harlem, 2009
 Friendship Baptist Church, Jackson at Laramie Ave.  2017. The church modelled after the African hut was built in 1983
 "Harlem Canvas for Change," a wall of expressions, Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. at West 125th St. Harlem, August 23, 2020.