Hand-painted Wall Advertisements Still Being Done in NYC

So, I'm working in Soho and one day I went outside for lunch and looked up to find two guys actually painting a 7 storey advertisement on a wall. First of all, when one doesn't have one's head bending over an iphone at all times, one can witness all sorts of unexpected phenomena like this. Secondly, it's so nice to know artists are still getting hired to paint for a living. The first day it was hard to say what this painting was going to turn into.

Day One

The next day I checked on the painters' progress. They had done a lot of work in one day. 

Day Two

Day Three

On the following day it was clear that this was developing into a trompe l'oeil painting of two giant holes punched through the building and leading out to a beach. 

Finished Painting

The next day the scaffolding was cleared away. The artists were gone. The whole side of the building was now an advertisement for Jamaica, showing people at the bottom escaping out through the building onto a beach. The painting is visible from quite a distance. Well, visible to foot traffic. It's a one-way street, with traffic facing away from the building. But, all in all, not bad exposure for a couple of artists, whoever they are.