Porch Sittin': Relax and Watch the World Unravel

May 29, 2015 by onfranklin&main in Around Town, On the Street

(photograph taken near the corner of Rosemary and Main streets in Carrboro)

Paint the Town Red

August 11, 2014 by onfranklin&main

Local artist Michael Brown -- best known for his murals scattered throughout Chapel Hill/Carrboro -- partnered with elementary school students for his latest installation. The bold 3-D paint brush streaks red paint across the facade of the newly constructed Shortbread Lofts building on Rosemary Street. A former elementary school math teacher himself, Brown collaborated with fifth graders at Northside Elementary School to create the magnificent piece, crafted from sheet metal.

(photograph taken at 333 W. Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill)

Street Portrait: "Weird Anywhere Else" Lexi & Leroy

July 08, 2014 by onfranklin&main in Street Portraits

Packs in tow, Lexi and Leroy walk to the shelter on Rosemary Street for breakfast. "We're celebrating our anniversary," Leroy, 26, jokes. They wear their groovy urban style with confidence, revealed as they pose for pictures -- mouths agape, tongues out, arms gnarled around each other. I ask the couple if they envision life outside Chapel Hill, and Leroy says with open arms and head cocked: "Whatever the world brings me."

Lexi, 19, is a bit more risk averse: "I can't imagine being anywhere else. It would be weird living anywhere else but here."

(photograph taken on Rosemary Street and Pritchard Avenue)