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The Best New Murals We Saw in Metro Phoenix in 2017

Lynn Trimble December 19, 2017 8:19AM

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Detail of Hugo Medina's Sign of the Times at Modified Arts.

Roosevelt Row continued to dominate the metro Phoenix mural scene in 2017, thanks to new works by some of the Valley's most popular muralists — including Tyson Krank, Ashley Macias, Kyllan Maney, and J.B. Snyder, to name a few. The year's best murals also include works painted in other parts of Phoenix, as well as Tempe and Scottsdale. Here's a look at our favorite new murals of 2017

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