Photo courtesy of Morgana Skelton

Shake Shack, the ever-popular hamburger stand in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park is opening a new location in Downtown Brooklyn.

As a way of saying “Pardon Our Mess”, the minds behind the new restaurant transformed the inhospitable construction walls into a contemplative community space using the Before I Die Toolkit. If you’re in Brooklyn, stop by the Before I Die walls at the corner of Adams Street and the Fulton Street Mall, across from Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn. Some favorites on the wall so far: Before I die I want to… be a creator not a destroyer, get an ‘A’ in math, rally with the Occupy Wall Street movement, lose this damn weight, visit Africa, figure out women, swim around Manhattan, see my Mom free from pain, build a school, clean out the basement, eat mad tacos, get her back (someone else added: then go get her).

The wall will be up until their construction ends in November. Send us your photos!

Photos above courtesy of Caroline Oh