The murals on the front of a business don't align with the accompanying remarks:…read more "RIP MAC DRE" "RIP ....Son of the City" There are 2 menacing creatures/machines in a face off. A skyline of a city on the bottom of the mural may resemble Oakland. All the remarks may have been added by other artists after the original mural of the "creatures " was posted. A block lettered STARE also posted at the bottom in the middle. Creators listed: Stare, @Savage Raw, @KRASH2BSK TDK

this mural is at the entrance of Marriott Hotel. it replaced a very popular mural of the Warriors…read more the mural is populated by symbols that are linked to Oakland: Bart. Oaklandish, peace symbol, ice cream, donuts, giraffe from Fairyland, observatory, acorn, dragon head, black panther, shoe house,, etc. there are obviously some mentions missing.... creator: illuminaries...

this mural is on the backside of a building at this corner. against a black background, CREATE! is…read morewritten in blocked colorful letters followed by AM WEOK also in blocked letters in yellow and red, one word above the other. on both sides of the mural are names of parents, community members & school personalities. creator: @BuKuE ONE? sponsors: THRIVE COLLECTIVE 'NYC', School Partners USA

This mural is next to a commercial business. Various unnamed/uncredited artists thruout Oakland…read morecontribute their artistic talents this way. Mural depicts a lady in a yellow dress with blue hair gathering eggs from turkey and chicken while also feeding them. A green blocked lettering: NAROC is one of unnamed artists. G.A.T.S. (Graffiti against the system) is another, known for his iconic nose & big eyes. Other Creators: Rare Kind, Dirty D, GtB....

The mural is on the 109th. Ave. side. A seemingly simplistic drawing of Oakland, Ca. with a few of…read moreit attractions shown: -BART (Bay Area rapid transit) tracks & trains take up most of the space crisscrossing across the mural. -Oakland Tribune tower building shown though the newspaper hasn't been around for decades.. -BEAST OAKLAND, a well known fashion brand gets a shoutout. -Oracle Arena where the Golden Gate Warriors won their lst NBA championship in '15. Their motto "Strength in Numbers" shown. -Monster fork lifts/cranes represent the Port of Oakland. *presently Oakland is in the "news" for "the crime wave" & malfunctioning City Hall. naturally, S. F. has mostly "crime" news.

** The following review reflects my experience DURING the COVID-19 pandemic. **…read more There's an extraordinary new mural on the side of the Oakland Marriott City Center. At 190 feet, it's hard to miss unless you don't look up from your smartphone as you walk by on Broadway. If you do look up, you will be rewarded by the sight of a smiling child grasping a bundle of wheat. It's a beautiful image created by artist Victor Ash, and it serves as a message about world hunger, very well-timed as food banks have been struggling in response to months of the pandemic. Take a moment, look up for yourself, and advocate for #ZeroHunger, a global campaign sponsored by the UN's World Food Organization. RELATED - Exploring Oakland? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2ObVcpQ

this mural is the tallest, biggest...mural around but it's not the most impressive. it can be…read morepartially seen while driving along highway 880 thru downtown Oakland. i happen to be taking the Boardway turnoff so i saw it. otherwise it's a miss. It's on the left side of the Marriott Hotel. the mural "the child" depicts a happy Black girl running in a field proports to be in support of an UN support to end hunger called "Zero Hunger". Kellogg is a corporate sponsor. i don't see any connection between the mural and the program. maybe it's projects wishful thinking. creator: Victor Ash

the "Together We Rise" mural is located at the corner of 13th St & Broadway. it's on the blacken…read morewindows of a former Burger King. a "person" in a blacken galaxy/blue starred background is holding a blue banner reading "Together We Rise". at the bottom right corner "protect the Sacred" is posted.

this form of graffiti is very common thruout Oaktown aka Oakland. it's typical of the early days of…read more"tagging"-spray painting upon public/private property without the owners' permission. it's was primarily a moniker/handle or nom de plume of a virtual graffiti artist whose actual name is known only in the graffiti community ....here it's "SHOTZ". these are considered "noise". or of a cartoon character (a head pic of a person with eyes staring leftward)...or "signature" cloud or bubble images or any other images. the moniker graffiti(s) aren't appreciated by most viewers nor public officials and property owners. thus frequently whitewashed... the later is sometimes tolerated and allowed to be publicly displaced.