Mural: Crane Shadows

So... Late one afternoon, I'm meeting a group of people, that I don't know all that well, at a Starbucks on 1st Avenue South in Seattle. I'm a bit distracted... nervous about the meeting, tired from working on a bunch of freelance projects, worried about how little money I'm making, etc....

I park my car in the back lot, and walk to the 1st Ave entrance and I look over at the building across the street. At first, I thought these were just shadows from the Port cranes on this building. But then I realize that a) The cranes are across Highway 99, several hundred yards behind the building and b) there is no way these are shadows. Then I noticed the front of the building.


The simplicity in the use of solid fields of black, the highly graphical nature, the relationship to it's environment all make this a must see mural. It's hard to tell where reality becomes fiction. Viewing it from the right angle creates a seamless sight-line from the cranes in the distance to the shadows painted on the building. It's bold and intriguing.

I have to do a bit more research and learn whose behind this awesome mural. A sign on the front door advertises artists lofts.

Location: 1900 block of 1st Avenue South. SODO district of Seattle.