Whiskey Bar Alley Mural and Street Art

Location: Alley behind the Whiskey Bar or at least the building that the bar is in (47.613274, -122.343361).

Creator: Unknown

Description: A mural with a bassist (?) and singer that reads “Until the end, I love you my friends. I’ll come visit you in my dreams.”

Below and to the left of the mural, there is a cool piece of street art featuring a bird of prey and skull. High above and on the edge of the building, a figure gets lifted into the sky with a balloon.

Belltown – Inside - Out Mural

Location: On 3^rd Ave between Wall Street and Battery Street, in Belltown (47.615636, -122.346681).

Creator: Unknown

Description: A hard-to-see - and possibly for the better - mural that tells you that you are in Belltown, a neighborhood of Seattle. The mural was created as part of the Belltown Inside-Out Festival – now defunct. Read more at about this mural and others in Belltown at Hideous Belltown.

The mural features among other things, and an image of the Bell Apartments (also known as the Austin A Bell Building), Seattle’s iconic Space Needle (which is not technically in the Belltown boundaries), and Gyro Jack, a concrete, spiral walkway in nearby Regrade Park.

The name of the Belltown honors William Nathaniel Bell (1817 – 1887), a member of the pioneers credited with founding Seattle.

Ex-Vandals Behind Wexley School for Girls

Location: Behind the Wexley School for Girls (47.615938,-122.342058).

Creator: SNO Ex Vandals, Lords. Lives in Tacoma, WA. from San Jose, CA (thanks to the comment below).

Description: Member tags of the Northwest Coast edition of the Ex-Vandals? See the article Experienced Vandals at the @149st site. I confess that I read “ex” as in done with vandalizing, as implied as well the SF Weekly piece, Fan Favorites: Street Artists the Ex-Vandals Are Still Tagging Buildings, But Now People Love It . The title of @149^thst site, however, implies it means “experienced”. The "Ex-Vandals" designation goes back to the 1970s, when a group of young New York street artists decided to “write” as a unit, mostly on the city's subways.

The Vain Graffiti Wall

Location: Vain Salon, 2018 1st Avenue
By: DVS graffiti crew (currently)
Description: This wall has a long history in Seattle. The Vain Salon was formerly the Vogue nightclub. The wall was done by the DVS graffiti crew. Read more here on the Vain blog: The Vain Graffiti Wall: A Brief History. This commentary on graffiti, Seattle's secretive graffiti world steps out of the shadows, describes the wall thusly:

The DVS pieces evoke the early styles of New York City’s subway artists (circa 1980s). Intricate lettering styles connect, overlap, flow into each other. Flourishes like arrows, spikes and cartoonish characters are common. This classic, old-school style is the foundation for every thing graffiti has become today.