Bright pink houses attract crowds looking for the perfect selfie, and the neighbors are pissed

Sasha Lekach
Updated

These houses in Los Angeles are so pink the entire internet seems to have noticed. Everything from the walkway to the hedges to the trash bins are bright pink.

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It's not a permanent look. The vacant LA homes are part of a large-scale art piece, and they're being demolished to make way for a new housing complex. 

Neighbors are not pleased with the stunt and the "noise" they are attracting. Everyone wants to pose with the absurdly pink structures, as you can tell by browsing photos on Instagram tagged with #pinkhouses.

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A post shared by tiffinunboxed (@tiffin_unboxed) on Jun 14, 2017 at 7:57pm PDT

I told y'all my barrio is DOPE! 💗 #neighborhood #ilovemidcity #neighborhoodlove #losangeles #pinkhouses #theblock #myblockishot

A post shared by 📍Los Angeles|The Hungry Nomad (@whereindaworldis_hvbey) on Jun 13, 2017 at 4:43pm PDT

The artist — who goes by The Most Famous Artist, or Matty Mo to his friends, according to the New York Times — was hired by M-Rad, the architecture firm behind the new 45-unit building that's coming to the lot in the Mid-City neighborhood.

Most Famous himself has been posting on his Instagram about the pink project. He called the houses, "a jumping off point for a conversation about community, development, public art, and social media."

1500 hi point street — until it's demolished — an ephemeral conceptual art project as a jumping off point for a conversation about community, development, public art, and social media. A real life manifestation of paintings I've been working on for years. Obvious references to #christo's large scale public color works, #louisenevelson's assemblages, the #dada movement, and #julianschnabel's pink building in west village. With this project I'm encouraging the viewer to formulate their own meaning behind the work. As the artist, I start and the viewer finishes the work. And I'm excited to see where that exchange takes us as a community. Ps — if I had the budget + time I would have painted the entire structure, but I think we got the message across with the resources we had. 💭♻️🏆📷:@mr.reh

A post shared by Matty Mo 💭♻️🏆 (@themostfamousartist) on Jun 11, 2017 at 4:53pm PDT

@mistermostfamous at #themostfamousartist + @themuralagency's latest project #thepinkhouse — 1500 hi point street in LA — go by take pictures and tag us. Please be respectful of the neighborhood and leave the space in better shape than you found it. Pick up trash, don't linger, be nice. Xo, TMFA 📷: @1390studio

A post shared by Matty Mo 💭♻️🏆 (@themostfamousartist) on Jun 11, 2017 at 11:57am PDT

Neighborhood groups have asked for a more "subdued color" for the houses, according to Curbed LA. Others said there was no warning about the project and that the houses are a blight on the neighborhood even without the pink paint, thanks to their overgrown yards.

But the pop of pink in the neighborhood could get scrubbed soon, with a more subtle paint job expected soon. Instagrammers have noticed time is running out and are coming fast and furious for that perfect pink selfie.

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