Twee mural at the center of a Bushwick gentrification debate

Yarn artist London Kaye and her mural at 56 Wyckoff Street

It seems like a typical day in Bushwick when an artist installs a 15-foot crochet mural based on a Wes Anderson film. But the piece titled “Moonshine Kingdom” by artist London Kaye – depicting Sam Shakusky from Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” holding hands with Delbert Grady’s daughters from “The Shining” – is also stirring up a debate about gentrification. (more…)