Have You Received Your Proper Street Art Injection, Today?

Tuelr 777 and Swoe 777 catch a hot spot right next to the Hollywood entrance to the 101 Freeway.

Sketchy thing is that there is a junkie's used hypodermic needle hanging on the gate out front.  Yikes!

Swoe & Tuelr Graffiti

Swoe & Tuelr bomb a hot spot in Los Angeles.

This building is right on the road along Sunset.

Dig it~

Swoe Graffiti

Swoe graffiti gets up in a slammed alleyway behind Melrose.

The Dirt Parking Lot Spot Torn Down

***Dang.  This got lost in a pile of drafts and never got published.  Better late than never and Rest in Paint to the Dirt Parking Lot~***

Some heartbreaking sad news on this Valentine's Day.  One of LA's hottest street art spots just got torn down.

The so-called 'Dirt Parking Lot' has been an abandoned building on Melrose a block off of La Brea.  It has been an active spot for years, getting slammed with an ever-changing canvas of graffiti and street art.

Well, unfortunately the Dir Parking Lot era has come to an end, and the building itself just got torn down.  Even as the walls come down, it is cool to see the rebirth and resurfacing of graffiti from years ago--all of which M&F has previously covered on the blog.  If there is a silver lining, M&F has captured the art and documented it along the way before its gone, but the sad news is that Dirt Parking Lot spot is gone forever.

Swoe Graffiti

Swoe bombs an alleyway behind Melrose with a full, multi color fill in.

Wild Wall

Gutter Water

Gutter Water sticker, with The Alchemist, Oh No, Gangrene. Not sure if those are artist names, or what happens around gutter water!

The rest of the massive street art sticker combo below filled in by JDI, Bran One TRB, Egads, MCHN, Grime Crew, Swoe, 2much, REM, Veins, Unseen, Glaboe, Buick, Dump, Fuck You I'm Batman.

Who's Filming Who?

Taking a shot while being filmed . . .

Swoe FDS

This dude gets up, from South Central to Melrose and Fairfax.

Hand drawn sticker here.

Not sure if Swoe is purposefully capping the tag underneath, but it looks that way.

Riding with Trouble Maker, Bankrupt Slut and more.

Swoe and Angry Guard Dogs

Swoe put up a couple graffiti pieces in an abandoned domicile.

When we came over to snap the shot, a homeless guy had set up camp, and his dog wanted to kill Shasta . . .

Bates Motel

Overview, with art from Puke Monster, Gats, Leba, Septerhed, Eddie, Space Invader, and more



^Space Invader


^Eddie


^Street art sniper--love this shot (think the yellow sticker is from Subs RTH)

Love this shot. Unknown artist (Eddie?)


^Statue of Liberty from Jaw


^Graffiti from Agro, Realm, Faesm, Frey, Swoe



The Bates Motel is decorated with beautiful art in every nook and cranny.

And while it is not the case in Los Angeles, some people think that street art and graffiti are at war. The Bates Motel is a wonderful example of how the two different schools come together to make some incredible art.

Swoe Nice Out

Hand drawn slap from Swoe on this beautiful day.

Also slap from Buick/Dump.

Bars on the Windows

The bars keeping people out or in?

Tags from Dreko, Jobe, Gow, Swoe, DAS, Esrod, RAS, Ouch, Belok, Moe, Germ, Blamo, Fynal, and more