Spray-painted magic in Hamburg's HafenCity, Germany

Spray-painted wall off the streets in Hamburg's HafenCity, near the Automuseum east of the Shanghaiallee (February 27, 2013)

In local and cultural opposition to Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, the wall panorama of spray-painted art at the HafenCity's east end is often missed by visitors. But everybody loving magic and illusion will be drawn to these otherwise endlessly gray walls.