The Snapple Mural in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
"A Dream Grows in Brooklyn"
The mural, "A Dream Grows in Brooklyn" was designed, organized, and executed
by Elyse Taylor. It was commissioned by City Arts, and sponsored by the Snapple
Beverage Company. Painted on the harbor side of Snapple's distribution plant, it rose
32 feet, and spanned 93 feet. The imagery presented a colorful fantasy depicting young
people in various circumstances. All the faces and figures in the mural are in the likeness
of the actual youngsters who worked on the project. The road of fruit [Snapple flavors] represents their
journey through life. The scale is enormous! A tall person could fit into the orange slice
in the middle of the mural!
The mural was completed at the end of 1994, and dedicated in 1995. The building has been torn down, and the site is to become a UPS depot.
From Elyse's website:
Taken December 2, 1999. Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images. Used in the following article.
The mural was featured in The New York Times, "From Ho Chi Minh to Snapple: A Mural Project Evolves" (December 5, 1999). But no credit was give to the artist. It was supplied by Richard L. Davidman in Designer of Snapple Mural Deserves Recognition.
From Tugster's a waterblog. 2006.
Taken July 20, 2013. From Gigi A.'s "My Walking Pictures" blog. From her City of Water Day post.
Taken on April 24, 2014. From jag9889's flickr stream.
Taken 2015. Elyse was a birder. No doubt the two birds are ones she liked. Photo from Vincent Mounier's NYC Ferry to the Rockaways.
Taken on August 2, 2016. From digitaldurda.dpico's flickr stream. Coloring has been altered.
