We were impressed when we first saw the quality of the mural in the courtyard at 110. We shouldn’t have been; the muralist of this work is Richard Haas, who has a sterling resume, and whose work is in the permanent collections at the Met, MOMA, and Brooklyn Museum, to name a few.
His site features a some of his work, including an interior at the New York Public Library, two prints of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, and my favorite, an office wall painted to resemble a window onto the city as it existed in the 1800s. Maybe the city could commission a similar work on the Brooklyn House of Detention?