After completing #staircandy, Carla O’Brien and Mandon Bossi were confident the bright and cheerful artwork would be embraced, and not reviled and painted over, and it was indeed embraced. This once dark, eerie stairway brought a cheerfulness, light and love to the children across the street at Micheltorena Elementary School, to Silver Lake locals, to people exercising up and down the Stairs, and the many visitors coming to the neighborhood to take photos. The Micheltorena Stairs with #staircandy artwork have become an iconic stopping point for tourists and locals alike and quickly “went viral” and became the most photographed stairway in Los Angeles. #staircandy has been featured in global brand commercials, including TJ Maxx; even one for Instagram. The art has also been used in many photoshoots, and big name movies, as well as the smallest of independent ones. One time when Carla was doing a touch-up paint, there was even a guy proposing on the steps, and Teresa (Tacy) Padua from the Hollywood Sunset Free Medical Clinic next door says every Valentine’s Day there are numerous couples taking photos, and she has also seen marriage proposals, and even seen a wedding dress or two on #staircandy for photos over the years. What follows are selected #staircandy photos

In the above photo, the Babywearing Mommas were a group of mothers carrying their infant children up the painted stairways of Silver Lake, including #staircandy!

[Add more photos here – Carla, feel free to send me photos, or point me to photos you would like to be added here]