This Man is Ambitiously Illustrating All 24,000+ Restaurants in New York City

Created by illustrator John Donohue, All the Restaurants in New York is an art blog and upcoming book that has an ambitious goal of illustrating "a never-ending visual exploration of New York City's culinary offerings." There are over 24,000 restaurants in the City, with new ones opening and older ones closing daily, but that is not stopping the artist from publishing regular drawing of NYC's restaurants.

In the spirit of Jason Polan’s Every Person in New York, and James Gulliver Hancock’s All the Buildings in New York, I launched this intentionally hyperbolic project in January of 2017. According to the previous year’s New Yorker profile of the critic Pete Wells, there are 24,000 restaurants in the city. It is mathematically possible to visit all of them in under a year by spending 20 minutes at a stop. Luckily, it takes me almost exactly 20 minutes to draw the façade of each place, working strictly from life, in ink (without a pencil or erasing anything). So in a perfect world, I’ll be done in twelve months.

Check out the project to see what's been drawn so far, and to learn more about All the Restaurants in New York.

Check Out Both of Pejac's Incredible New Tree Murals in Bushwick and Chinatown

Spanish street artist Pejac recently completed two new tree-themed murals in Bushwick and Chinatown.

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I am very happy to finally share pictures of my first work made in New York. ‘Fossil’ works as a harbinger of a hypothetical fatal future where the only memory we have of nature is the fossilized form of a tree in a brick wall. This work can be found at 27 Scott Ave. Brooklyn. I want to thank all the amazing local people who helped me making this happen @thebushwickcollective Sean and Justin and also the photographers @zurbaran1 @just_a_spectator

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'Inner Strength’ is the second work I’ve made last week in New York. In opposition with the previous work here I speak of a future where nature breaks the barriers imposed by the hand of man and recovering the lost ground. Man loses but we all win. This work can be found at 2 Henry St, Chinatown, New York. I want to thank the kind support of @thelisaprojectnyc Sean and Justin for making this happen. #pejac #pejacnyc

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