How the country’s tallest mural was painted onto the side of this NYC building

In the South Bronx, residents can now look up to their heritage—literally. A new mural by the Dominican artist Néstor Omar García, who also goes by the name Angurria, climbs 29 stories high on one tower in the Morrisania Air Rights public housing campus. It fills the skyline with a colorful take on a neighborhood block party crowded with children, elders, and, yes, even a DJ. Titled Un MAR de Gente / From Every Shore, the artwork is said to be the tallest mural in the U.S., transforming an...