BLAST OFF! 2011, 86’ x 18’ Josh and I designed this mural in collaboration with our friend Shana Siegel. It is located in a schoolyard on Eldridge Street between Hester and Canal and is our first mural in Manhattan. Blast Off from Tom Starkweather on Vimeo. This schoolyard sits amidst tall buildings on a dense block in Chinatown. The mural reaches towards the rare patch of open sky above, accentuating this oasis, and directing the eyes of the students in the playground towards the clouds.We have created a fantasy life for the water towers that dot the neighborhood. The mural encourages the students who see the mural day-in and day-out to consider the aesthetic connection between the wooden tanks they are so familiar with and the rocketships they might dream about.Josh’s film Plan Of The City also explores the fantasy of flying water towers.The timelapse video was created by our friend Tom Starkweather.Blast Off was commissioned by NYCares.

BLAST OFF! 2011, 86’ x 18’

Josh and I designed this mural in collaboration with our friend Shana Siegel. It is located in a schoolyard on Eldridge Street between Hester and Canal and is our first mural in Manhattan.

Blast Off from Tom Starkweather on Vimeo.


This schoolyard sits amidst tall buildings on a dense block in Chinatown. The mural reaches towards the rare patch of open sky above, accentuating this oasis, and directing the eyes of the students in the playground towards the clouds.

We have created a fantasy life for the water towers that dot the neighborhood. The mural encourages the students who see the mural day-in and day-out to consider the aesthetic connection between the wooden tanks they are so familiar with and the rocketships they might dream about.

Josh’s film Plan Of The City also explores the fantasy of flying water towers.

The timelapse video was created by our friend Tom Starkweather.

Blast Off was commissioned by NYCares.

BLAST OFF! 2011, 86’ x 18’ Josh and I designed this mural in collaboration with our friend Shana Siegel. It is located in a schoolyard on Eldridge Street between Hester and Canal and is our first mural in Manhattan. Blast Off from Tom Starkweather on Vimeo. This schoolyard sits amidst tall buildings on a dense block in Chinatown. The mural reaches towards the rare patch of open sky above, accentuating this oasis, and directing the eyes of the students in the playground towards the clouds.We have created a fantasy life for the water towers that dot the neighborhood. The mural encourages the students who see the mural day-in and day-out to consider the aesthetic connection between the wooden tanks they are so familiar with and the rocketships they might dream about.Josh’s film Plan Of The City also explores the fantasy of flying water towers.The timelapse video was created by our friend Tom Starkweather.Blast Off was commissioned by NYCares.

BLAST OFF! 2011, 86’ x 18’

Josh and I designed this mural in collaboration with our friend Shana Siegel. It is located in a schoolyard on Eldridge Street between Hester and Canal and is our first mural in Manhattan.

Blast Off from Tom Starkweather on Vimeo.


This schoolyard sits amidst tall buildings on a dense block in Chinatown. The mural reaches towards the rare patch of open sky above, accentuating this oasis, and directing the eyes of the students in the playground towards the clouds.

We have created a fantasy life for the water towers that dot the neighborhood. The mural encourages the students who see the mural day-in and day-out to consider the aesthetic connection between the wooden tanks they are so familiar with and the rocketships they might dream about.

Josh’s film Plan Of The City also explores the fantasy of flying water towers.

The timelapse video was created by our friend Tom Starkweather.

Blast Off was commissioned by NYCares.

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