“DEAD END KIDS — Welcome to Jacob Riis Houses”

$60.00
“DEAD END KIDS — Welcome to Jacob Riis Houses”

This piece is a homecoming — the kind only people from the projects truly understand.

Set against the towering silhouettes of Jacob Riis Houses, three skeletal figures stand in the classic “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” formation. But in this version, the message hits different. These aren’t cartoons or cute icons — these are Dead End Kids, stripped to the bone, carrying the truth of what it means to grow up in the forgotten corners of New York City.

The art feels like a memorial and a prophecy at the same time:
a tribute to everyone who survived the buildings…
and a warning about the systems that built them.

The cracked, sepia-toned style gives the entire design the feel of a relic dug out from the ruins of the LES — a story carved into bone and concrete. The rising towers behind them are the same buildings that birthed generations of hustlers, survivors, artists, mothers, fighters, and kids who were told they’d never make it off the block.

But here they stand.
Still here.
Still speaking — even through the silence.

“Welcome to Jacob Riis Houses” isn’t an introduction.
It’s an initiation.

This is a collaboration built on memory and truth:

Dead End Kids × Revolution Tees
For the ones who grew up in the shadow of the projects.
For the ones who made it out — but never forgot where the fire started.

Wear it with pride.
Wear it for the block.
Wear it for the kids who were never supposed to be legends.

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
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“DEAD END KIDS — Welcome to Jacob Riis Houses”

This piece is a homecoming — the kind only people from the projects truly understand.

Set against the towering silhouettes of Jacob Riis Houses, three skeletal figures stand in the classic “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” formation. But in this version, the message hits different. These aren’t cartoons or cute icons — these are Dead End Kids, stripped to the bone, carrying the truth of what it means to grow up in the forgotten corners of New York City.

The art feels like a memorial and a prophecy at the same time:
a tribute to everyone who survived the buildings…
and a warning about the systems that built them.

The cracked, sepia-toned style gives the entire design the feel of a relic dug out from the ruins of the LES — a story carved into bone and concrete. The rising towers behind them are the same buildings that birthed generations of hustlers, survivors, artists, mothers, fighters, and kids who were told they’d never make it off the block.

But here they stand.
Still here.
Still speaking — even through the silence.

“Welcome to Jacob Riis Houses” isn’t an introduction.
It’s an initiation.

This is a collaboration built on memory and truth:

Dead End Kids × Revolution Tees
For the ones who grew up in the shadow of the projects.
For the ones who made it out — but never forgot where the fire started.

Wear it with pride.
Wear it for the block.
Wear it for the kids who were never supposed to be legends.

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!