Graffiti Marathon: 40th Street and Broadway

Posted on January 27, 2014 by annandmeg

On the East side of Broadway, at 40th Street, there is a significant stretch of wonderful graffiti. Begin at the Open Fire Wood Burning Pizza shop. The front and South sides of the building have a wonderful mural identified as “GATS Coast to Coast 2013”. The reference to GATS sent me to the internet. GATS (Graffiti Against the System) identifies a California street artist whose paintings are found throughout the country as well as European countries including Portugal, Germany, Italy and England. While s/he claims to paint illegally, I cannot imagine many of these murals would be in existence without the approval of the property owners.

Follow the mural into the adjacent parking lot behind the Highway 420 Smoke Shop. There you will discover another series of panels created by different artists.

Much to my surprise, graffiti continues beyond the South edge of the parking lot through a stretch of alley that extends East to Central.

More to come: Graffiti under construction on 39th East of Broadway.

Graffiti Marathon: Westport and Broadway

Posted on January 21, 2014 by annandmeg

Westport represents a distinctive subculture within the Kansas City community. It is hip. It is alternative.

It is the place young people go on Friday night, Saturday night and St. Patrick’s Day. It is also a mecca for graffiti artists.

AKKA Karate deserves its own post. Located at 40th Terrace, just North of Westport Road, AKKA is rich with graffiti.

Colorful images fill the East and North sides of the building. They delight us with their creative energy.

Tigers, fish with fangs, honey bees and other strange critters, known and unknowable, confront us from the walls.

If you look closely, and compare the images on these walls, you will start to see similarities to other paintings on walls throughout town.

Scribe, whoever you are, congratulations on some great work.

Next, we will cross Broadway where more graffiti awaits us.

Graffiti On Broadway

Posted on March 30, 2013 by annandmeg

Graffiti can be found throughout Kansas City. Recently I discovered another treasure trove of graffiti art. Hope you enjoy it.

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Clever, don’t you think? I wish I knew the artist, but you will see s/he is identified immediately below the shark in the third photograph.

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