Neighborhood Guides The Gulch

The Gulch

From rail yard to photo-op capital

  • 8 works on the map
  • 7 outdoor & free
  • 8 kid-friendly
Plan a crawl in The Gulch Open in the directory

The story of The Gulch

The Gulch was exactly what it sounds like — the smoky railroad cut serving Union Station, left mostly derelict when the trains faded. Its 2000s rebuild made it the South's first LEED-certified neighborhood, all glass towers and rooftop patios, and one black brick wall made it famous: Kelsey Montague's What Lifts You wings, the interactive mural that put ten thousand outstretched arms on the internet. Street-level art has multiplied around it, and the district connects on foot to Frankie Pierce Park's suffrage walls where the rail yard used to run.

Art on the map in The Gulch

Addresses are approximate — some walls sit in alleys or rear lots. Each mural page has walking directions to the exact spot.