A Tribute to Urban Horsemen, a Philadelphia mural by Jason Slowik, melds contemporary society with themes of the Old West.
"A team of horses and riders move through old Philadelphia streets, while a mythic Buffalo Soldier figure gallops through the sky, haloed in a golden sunset. Modern-day children enjoy the scene from trompe l’oeil windows, while others play in the old-fashioned cobblestone street lined with tracks for horse-drawn trolleys."
Actual Philly Cowboys have been known to ride by the mural. They are part of a century-long tradition of black urban cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia, local horsemen maintain and care for horses and teach neighborhood youth to do so.
Stunning!
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