Ely's Yard is always host to new pieces of street art. There are two canvases outside of Corbet Place (bar), which are always changing with something new. There's also a corner of the square that has several pieces of street art, including a nice mask piece by Cityzen Kane. Along the same side of the building are small sculptures of men by Isaac Cordial. Ely's Yard used to have more street art before they refurbished the main building, removing canvases there which changed regularly and hosted murals by Ronzo and Vhils. For as long as I can remember, the square has held two other pieces of street art. One of them is by D*Face, and I've covered that here. The other is a pink race car, which is in a glass cage and was painted by Banksy.
The piece has been in this location since 2006, and it's in a glass cage now as people were attempting to steal the door and pieces off of it. Unfortunately, the window is now gone. I'm not sure if it was stolen or if it has been removed. The window was painted black and has a picture of a skeleton or grim reaper painted on it as if it's driving it.
I located the above photograph (credited) to show what it looked like in its early days, but this isn't what it currently looks like. However, the car can still be seen in the same place in Ely's Yard.
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