Wynwood is a 30 square-block area in Miami that used to be the garment district between the 1920s and the 1980s with hundreds of sweatshops. With NAFTA (North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement) kicking in, allowing garments to be produced and sold in Cañada, USA and Mexico without any customs involved, the production moved south of the border because of the low labor costs there. The sweatshops in Miami closed. And all the empty warehouses attracted all those who couldn’t afford life in Miami otherwise, lots of gangs and illegal activities and – drumroll – many artists! And those artist used those warehouses, one or two stories buildings, as their canvas, producing streetart of the finest!

We took a guided tour in a funky golf cart, experiencing not only the biggest amount of streetart you can imagine, but also the highest quality I’ve ever seen! We took at least a hundred photos each …

Todays Wynwood is an upcoming neighborhood, with rich people buying multimillion dollar condos, that are replacing the old sweatshop buildings. And with those buildings gone, the artwork gets lost….. Very sad!

The art-work below was done by Ron English, a 65-year old artist, who used Picassos Guernica as a references! I’m deeply impressed by this talent, artistic expression and ability!