Street art by Visual Waste (web) for Praxis Care (web) on the Lisburn Road in south Belfast.
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Rara Avis
This large parrot was painted by artist Visual Waste (ig) on the side-wall of the Ava wine-bar in Bangor to match the theme of its cocktail lounge.
The connection, if any, to the Dali-esque clock-face below the parrot is unclear.
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Hotel Getaway
Work by David McMillan (ig) in the Bullitt hotel alley-way, replacing JMK’s Étaín.
See also: Rob Hilken’s circles on the Church Lane frontage.
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Thank You, NHS
This is an early (2020) Covid-era mural on the side of Ciggy Vapes expressing thanks “from all our management & staff” to workers in the NHS. The child in the image is playing with a doll of a nurse rather than the Batman doll in the basket.
Ribble Street, east Belfast
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Stairway To Heaven
The Cuilcagh Boardwalk is a 2.8-mile trail that ends in stairs that climb to the top of Cuilcagh Mountain [Binn Chuilceach, chalky mountain] and the views it offers of the surrounding territory – hence the name “Stairway To Heaven”. The distance from boggy plain to chalky pinnacle is 700m – and eight million years of geological history (Cuilcagh Geopark). Then you walk back the same way (Walk NI).
Work by Friz (ig) in Wickham Place, Enniskillen, at the Belmore motel.
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Rough Stuff
Advertisement for the ‘alternative shop’ on the shutters of Rough Stuff (Fb), Bridge Street, Bangor
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The Black Rose
Different Days
An 11-metre-wide set of bouquets spelling out “Belfast” has been installed in front of Belfast City Hall as the initial event of the Belfast One Business Improvement District’s campaign for 2023-2024. The calendar of events can be found here.
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Sea Food
Happy sea creatures in blissful ignorance of their destinies as food. On the side of E Kou Xian (web) (lettering, top right) and the adjacent shop Hao Pin Wei (on the sailboat). Also in the street are Lee Foods and the Same Happy café. There is a QEII 70th jubilee mural on the side of the defunct Wai Kee restaurant.
Apsley Street in Donegall Pass, on the site of an old 36th Division board that went back at least to 1999.
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