Selected Murals in Downtown Los Angeles, Environs of USC, and the South Central Area
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Downtown
- Thomas Suriya, Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market Mural, 1986. Central Ave and 8th St.
- Art Attack. Xmas 83 Ron, 771 S. San Julian, photograph taken in 1984.
- Elizabeth Garrison and Victor Henderson, Fifty One Bees, 1996. 755 S. Wall Street. (CRA) Another detail of the mural.
- Ann Alexandra Walken, Tea Party at the Downtown Women's Center, 325 South Los Angeles, Women's Building. Photograph taken in 1984.
- Frank Romero, Homage to the Downtown Movie Palaces, 1990. Exterior of parking lot, Main Street, between 5th and 6th Streets.
- Eloy Torrez, Generacion Tras Generacion, 1988. Dearden's Furniture Store, 724 S. Main St.
- Kent Twitchell, 7th Street Altarpiece, 1983-1984. 7th Street underpass of Harbor (110) Freeway. Photographed in 1984.
- Kent Twitchell, Harbor Freeway Overture, 1993-1994. (Mitsubishi Electronics of America). Citicorp parking lot, 110 freeway going North.
- Mural, 1110 West 8th Street, photographed in 1985.
- Judith Von Euer, Flow Inversion, 1974. 1st at Harbor (110) Freeway.
- Kent Twitchell, Ed Ruscha, 1978-1987. 1031 South Hill St.
- Coke mural, Variety Arts Center, Olympic and Flower
- Untitled, near the Convention Center on Pico.
- Fun Hut mural, 4th and Hill. On the exterior of Club Fantasy.
- Mosaics, 1926, Ravenna Mosaics. Subway Terminal Building, 417 Hill St.
- Jeff Greene, Untitled, Subway Terminal Building, 4th St. exterior
- In Creative Unity Art, Mural, Dedicated to the People of Los Angeles, 1998. 4th St. and Spring St. Temporary, details shown as of 4/98. (CRA)
- Temporary construction fence mural, Los Angeles Times building, 1st and Broadway (1998-1999)
- Windows on Los Angeles. Temporary construction-site mural, City Hall, 1st and Broadway, 1999-. Additional details of the mural.
- Temporary construction-site mural, City Hall, Temple and Broadway, 1999-. Additional details of the mural.
- Commemoration of Hiroshima Day, temporary sidewalk murals, 1985. Los Angeles County Courthouse.
- Temporary construction fence mural around the Los Angeles Cathedral, Temple at Grand. 1999-.
- Billy Al Bengston, Billboard at the California Plaza, 1987.
- Steve Rose, Designate a Driver, 1992. (DARE and LAPD). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda.
- Steve Rose, Buckle Up, 1990. (LAPD). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Spring St.
- Willie Herron, Luchas del Mundo (Struggles of the World), 1984. (LAOOC). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda
- Frank Romero, Going to the Olympics, 1984 (LAOOC). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda.
- John Wehrle, Galileo, Jupiter, Apollo, 1983. (LAOOC) Hollywood Freeway (101) at Spring St.
- Glenna Boltuch Avila, L. A. Freeway Kids, 1984. Hollywood (101) Freeway, between Los Angeles and Main Street overpasses.
- Richard T. Jimenez, History of Los Angeles, 1991. 1100 North Main Street at Llewellyn.
- Judithe Hernandez, Recuerdos de Ayer, Suenos de Manana (Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow), 1982. (Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee/Crocker National Bank Foundation). Brunswig Grarage, Spring Street.
- Leo Politi, Blessing of the Animals, 1974-1978. El Pueblo Historic District.
- Eduardo Carillo, Father Hidalgo in Front of the Church of Dolores, tiled mural, 1979.
- Isabel Piczek, L'Annunciazione, 1981. Plaza Church, El Pueblo
- Reina de Mexico mural, north side of the Plaza Church, facing the parking lot.
- Kathryn Donatelli and others. The Story of Water in Southern California, Alameda station (near Union Station). Temporary mural project.
- Victor Clothing Company, 242 S. Broadway. Works by several muralists.
- Johanna Poethig, Calle de la Eternidad, Street of Eternity mural, 1992-1993. 351 S. Broadway. (SPARC)
- Luis Becerra, Libertad, 1991. Olvera St., across from El Pueblo Gallery.
- Other murals in the Downtown area are listed on the Downtown Los Angeles pages and on the Metrorail Metro Art pages.
- Earth Crew, Undiscovered America, 1992. 843 East 4th Street.
USC and South Central
- Judith F. Baca, La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra, 1996. USC Topping Student Center
- Jean Goodwin, Mural, 1937. USC Science Hall
- See the Whole Picture, Action, Not Words, 37th St. near Hope. Painted over by the mural for La Paloma Market, which opened in 2000.
- Ulysses Jenkins, Transportation Brought Art to the People, 1976. 3500 S. Hope Street.
- 110 freeway underpass at Jefferson and Hope.
- Angel, 10 freeway underpass at Hoover Street.
- 10 freeway underpass at Hoover Street.
- Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research has very interesting murals. 6120 South Vermont Avenue.
- Mike Alewitz, Labor Solidarity Has no Borders, 1990 (SPARC). Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 Vermont Ave (between 61st and 62nd streets)
- Eva Cockcroft, History of Women in the Labor Movement in California, 1991. Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 Vermont Ave (between 61st and 62nd streets)
- Additional Murals/Graffiti. Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 Vermont Ave (between 61st and 62nd streets).
- Graffiti mural on the south side of Martha's Carpet, Vermont Avenue and 61st Street.
- Jose Luis Gonzalez and others, Bienvenidos a la Ciudad de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula, 1984. (LAOOC and the Community Beautification Project). 3965 S. Vermont (at Leighton)
- Mural of divine grace, Vermont and 65th
- Toons, Dru One, A One, Mif, Hex, Man One (US); Ben, Sky Wise, Tiger, Crane (Germany)LA-Berlin Exchange, Vermont and 88th.
- Charles White, Mural, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Exposition Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, Vermont and 36th Street.
- David Fichter, Life Line: Creating Healthy Community, 1992-1993 (SPARC) Vermont and 30th. No longer there as of 2005.
- Madonna, Lucy's restaurant parking lot, Hoover and Washington streets.
- Graffiti, Vermont and 28th
- Madonna, panaderia front patio, Vermont and 27th streets.
- Cuauhtemoc, La Celaya bakery, Vermont around 24th Street, 2004.
- Adan and Chalino Sanchez, La Celaya bakery, Vermont at 23rd Street, 2004. Gone as of 2005.
- Angel Miguel, Juan Pablo II, La Celaya bakery, Vermont at 23rd Street, 2005.
- Graffiti mural, Vermont around 24th, 2004. Gone in 2005.
- Murals Vermont at 24th street, 2005.
- World Impact, Iglesia de Dios. Vermont and 20th.
- Mark 4D, Mural, Normandie and 36th Place.
- "Untitled" at Adams and Budlong. The mural depicts an urban landscape. Another section of the mural, depicting the countryside.
- Duce and others, Erase the Hate...Through the Eyes...of a Child There is no Color, 1998. Budlong, south of Adams. Another detail. Sponsored by Youth Empowerment Project, LA.
- Rozzell Sykes, The Children of Mid-City, 1994 (?). Adams at Arlington.
- "Untitled", on the wall of African foods store (now closed), Adams at Crenshaw. The mural has been painted over in 1999.
- Mural showing Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Crenshaw Boulevard north of Westmount.
- Duce, and others, LA Bridges at Foshay. Western and 27th.
- Western Heights Community murals, Gramercy at Washington. Detail with sunflowers; detail with dedication.
- Juan Hector Ponce, Chabelita Tacos, 1985-1990. Western at 20th. Detail of exterior; detail of wall along outdoor eating area.
- Graffiti, Western Ave, just north of 20th.
- Driving School mural, Venice and 4th Ave.
- Frida Kahlo Mural, Venice at Crenshaw.
- Mount Vernon Middle School mural, 17th street, near Venice and Crenshaw.
- Graffiti, Venice and Hoover minimall
- Mary Linn Hughes and Reginald Larue Zachary, Love is For Everyone, 1991. 5149 West Jefferson Blvd. Minority Aids Project.
- J. Zender, et al, Youth Family Creative Art Solutions, Embracing the Brilliance of Our Youth, Family and Community. Jefferson.
- David Mosley, Eddie Orr, Norman Maxwell, Michael McKenzie, Marvin Hunt, Black Seeds, 1991. 2301 Jefferson Blvd (at 3rd Ave), Jefferson Park. (SPARC). Another detail.
- Noni Olabisi, To Protect and Serve, 1995. Jefferson and 11th Ave. (SPARC)
- Swank, Graffiti, Jefferson and 11th Ave.
- Ian White, Genocidal Tendencies, 1990. 6th Ave at Jefferson. (SPARC)
- Graffiti mural, 2nd Avenue at Jefferson Boulevard, 2007.
- Liquor store mural, North-east corner of Budlong and Jefferson.
- Appartment house mural, South-west corner of Budlong and Jefferson.
- Graffiti mural, Buckingham and Jefferson.
- Elliott Pinkney, All That You Can Be, 1990. Broadway at Manchester.
- Mural, 103rd and Croesus.
- Richard Wyatt, Cecil, 1989. Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 East 107th St.
- Elliott Pinkney, Ceremony for Smokers, 1991. Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 East 107th St.
- Elliott Pinkney, Peace and Love, 1976. Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 East 107th St.
- Elliott Pinkeny, Visions and Motion, 1993. Crenshaw Avenue just north of Westmount Street.
- Large historic mural, Crensahw Avenue at Westmount Street.
- Anthony Cox, Mother Watts, 1988. Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 East 107th St.
- Cristina Cardenas, Young People of Watts, 1991-1993. Willowbrook at 107th.
- Murals, 108th east of Wilmington.
Pico Union Neighborhood
- This tour of murals is provided courtesy of Richard Davidon, who lives in the neighborhood.
- Interior of the Westlake Theatre, including some murals, corner of Alvarado and Wilshire.
Additional murals may be located through Pictures of Murals in Los Angeles a page maintained by Rich Puchalsky.
To Murals in Los Angeles
Photos taken by Ruth Wallach
Page maintained by Ruth Wallach, USC Libraries
11/2009