Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gets a street salute from 'Pavement Picasso' Hani Shihada

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Street artist Hani Shihada works on a pastel portrait of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Broadway near W. 97th St.


Chalk up another honor for Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The hometown high achiever, who made it to the nation's top court Aug. 6, is now getting a supreme compliment from the Picasso of the pavement.

Street artist Hani Shihada is more than half finished with a pastel portrait of Sotomayor, who's seen standing in front of law books in a black robe. Shihada, 50, lives in Port Jervis, Orange County, about an hour and a half from Manhattan. He chose a spot on Broadway near 97th St. as a curbside canvas because "the area has a lot of ethnic diversity."

Bronx-born Sotomayor, 55, is the first Hispanic to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Shihada's many sidewalk renderings of celebrities and classical works of art have become sidewalk artwork over the past 20 years.


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1. Here is another photo, amazing work...

http://www.trevorlittle.com/2009/08/22/hani-shihada-sidewalk-artist-portrait-of-sonia-sotomayor/