HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- An effort is underway to turn parts of Manhattan into open-air museums by transforming boring walls into something beautiful.

There's nothing like a wall of flowers to transform a city playground into a garden. It's called Botanical Pulse on 10th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen.

"I think it's beautiful," one man said. "I really like the flowers and all the colors. The white and the yellow kind of pop out."

The mural went up in June.

Last week, a second mural was finished a few blocks away on 45th Street. That's where the artist turned to a wall of roots to depict strength.

"I think it's really powerful," another man said. "It has a sense of grounding in New York City, a city where you don't have a lot of greenery and it kind of brings you back to your roo

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