Pedestrian memorial mural

Groundswell Community Mural Project and Transportation Alternatives unveiled a mural yesterday evening at Third Avenue and Butler Street in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. Conceived by local youth and facilitated by artists Christopher Cardinale and Nicole Schulman, the ghostly, three-story tall painting pays tribute to three young boys; Victor Flores, Juan Estrada, James Rice, and the 28 pedestrians killed by cars on Third and Fourth Avenues between 1995 and 2007.

The mural was painted on 3rd ave, a block from where James Rice was killed this winter. The driver was making a right turn onto Baltic, and claimed he didn't see 4-year old James because his Hummer is too high off the ground.

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