Last week, Banksy took over the famed, 70-foot Houston Bowery wall with a black-and-white mural of Turkish journalist, Zehra Doğan, who looks out though bars, the last one of which morphs into a pencil.

She received a nearly three-year sentence for posting on social media her watercolor of the Kurdish town of Nasyabin after the Turkish armed forces razed it.

The unveiling of the artwork, which also includes a tally of the days Doğan has already spent in jail, coincides with her one-year prison anniversary. At night, the wall lights up with an impactful projection of her painting. Alongside the mural, Banksy scribbled a call for her release, “Free Zehra Doğan.”

“We are proud that Banksy chose New York – and the Houston Bowery wall – to share this message,” said Jessica Goldman, CEO of Goldman Properties, which owns the iconic wall. “We stand alongside every artist who chooses to use his or her creative abilities to highlight human rights issues.”

This is not the first time the Houston Bowery wall has borne powerful pleas for equity and dignity that have reflected the anxieties as well as the aspirations of generations. A blank canvas in rotation ever since Keith Haring made it famous with his first large-scale work in the 1980s, the wall has showcased murals by street-art visionaries like Lakwena Maciver, David Chloe, Ron English and Logan Hicks among others.

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MC² Realty and Marie-Charlotte Piro are proud to present the latest original art project from celebrated urban artist TMNK at 1971 NW 2nd Court in South Wynwood.

During the week of the mural installation, neighbors, employees, business owners, art enthusiasts, and families altogether have shown great appreciation for the project.

At the occasion of Art Wynwood, the public is now invited to experience the magic. Visit the mural, and show your love on social media with #beautyandthestreets.

Beautification plays a large role in the gentrification of communities. Street art is a wonderful way to empower residents to build a better neighborhood, and MC² Realty was honored to help TMNK make this gift to the community.

Marie-Charlotte Piro and MC2 Realty represent forward-looking investors from around the world looking for cutting-edge opportunities in Miami–with a particular emphasis on Little Havanna, Wynwood, Design District, and Little Haiti. We have the ability to re-position properties with a progressive approach to community-oriented neighborhood gentrification.

Building is currently for sale:

28 residential units

Please contact Marie-Charlotte Piro for information.

305-495-6539

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