I spotted this mural for the first time this morning as I headed down Ninth Avenue, through downtown’s East Village neighborhood. I hadn’t walked that way in a long while.
The fun, very colorful mural has a positive message: take care of each other. It was painted by Hanna Gundrum (@littlehouseink).
The mural is located on G Street, on the east side of Bear Republic Crossfit.
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A very cool Car and Bike Show was held this afternoon in City Heights!
The event took place in the outdoor community gathering place on University Avenue just east of Interstate 15. If you’ve ever driven by, you’ve probably noticed all the sculptures and murals and the circus tent. Yes, that place!
My friends at Love City Heights put on this show, which featured not only amazing cars and bikes, but vendors and artists and food and music and a bunch of great people!
I took photos as I walked around enjoying myself. Read the captions!
Perfect day for a car show in City Heights! (Okay, the weather was a bit hot.)Cool cars parked near some outdoor sculptures that were created earlier this year by City Heights residents.Check out the awesome new mural on a shipping container painted yesterday by GMONIK!One of my favorites!Are these the coolest bikes you’ve ever seen, or what?The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition was present, fixing up bikes! They have workshop in a corner of this City Heights lot.Smiles appear at the KNSJ radio table!All sort of crafts were for sale by vendors under the outdoor Fern Street Circus tent.You see that beautiful blue pillow by The Urban Art Shop? It’s mine now! (According to their website, they are located at 4201 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105, United States, Northern American Continent, Earth, Solar System, Orion Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo Supercluster, Universe, Third Dimension.)These smiling faces belong to the Speeding Crow Pressing Co. They make custom apparel and goods!Artwork created by Andrew Greyeyes. He has also painted murals in City Heights!
If you want to see two fun, very colorful City Heights murals painted by Andrew Greyeyes, click here and here!
A cool Car and Bike Show (and a new GMONIK mural) comes to City Heights!
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You can see this bold new artwork on University Avenue, just east of Interstate 15, in an outdoor space where a variety of community events are held. It’s a fierce new mural on a shipping container painted by artist GMONIK!
If you’ve driven through City Heights, it’s likely you’ve seen other colorful art by GMONIK. Check out past photographs here and here.
I spied this brand new mural during a visit to the Car and Bike Show held at this location today. I’ll be sharing pics of that cool event shortly!
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Many cool events could be experienced in San Diego five years ago!
Looking back at photographs I took in October 2016, I see an amazing Maker Faire was held in Balboa Park, and a Festa with lots of chalk art was held in Little Italy.
Five year ago I also enjoyed two very unique museum exhibits, took a walk through beautiful Los Peñasquitos Canyon, and had my mind blown during a special tour aboard an oceanographic research vessel!
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Oh, and by the way, see my photograph above? Yes! Nikigator has made its long-awaited return!
Nikigator stands once again outside the front entrance of the recently reopened, beautifully renovated Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park. Wouldn’t it be fun to sit on that!
While I’m mentioning the Mingei, families should definitely head inside. The ground floor is now free to everyone, whatever your age. And one big display case holds all sorts of craft toys from around the world! Another contains carousel horses!
And one more thing. If your kids haven’t been to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park, they are missing out on some of the most incredible, spectacular toy train layouts anywhere in the world! And it’s free in October for kids, too!
Click here for all the museums and attractions that are participating this month in Kids Free San Diego!
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San Diego graffiti artist Sake was busy painting life into the new multicultural mural at the south end of Teralta Neighborhood Park today. He and a helper were adding bold brushstrokes of color among the many faces that will fill the 263-foot City Heights mural, which is titled Unity in the Community.
I spoke to Sake briefly and enjoyed another look at the monumental work in progress. Once completed, Unity in the Community will be one of the most awesome murals in all of San Diego!
Learn more about the multiple EMMY award winning artist at his website here!
My feet took me through Teralta Neighborhood Park as I walked to an historic event in City Heights, which I’ll blog about shortly!
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Dozens of sea creatures make their home on the side of a building in Ocean Beach!
Should you walk down Cable Street a little north of Niagara Avenue, you might think you’re passing small specimens of sea life in a big aquarium!
Swimming in blue and white watery tiles you’ll find schools of fish, seahorses, octopi, eels, rays, sea turtles, whales, sharks and even sand dollars and nudibranchs!
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The Cedros Avenue Design District in Solana Beach is home to many galleries, design studios, boutiques, specialty shops and outdoor cafes. Walk along Cedros Avenue and your eyes will discover art everywhere they turn!
During my recent walk along Cedros Avenue I took the following photographs of street art, murals and fun sculptures.
I haven’t included photos of the numerous crazy wind sculptures outside the Exclusive Collections Gallery. I posted those pics separately here.
The Wonder Woman sculpture you’ll see coming up stands by the entrance to the Art Alley on Cedros, which I explored in my last blog post here.
Much of the art I found has a bicycle theme. Bicycling is popular in the coastal part of Solana Beach. Cedros Avenue is just a block from scenic Highway 101.
Ready to see some cool stuff? And cross a couple of “fishy” crosswalks?
Let’s go for our walk!
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In Solana Beach, at 320 Cedros Avenue, there’s a surprising art museum . . . outdoors! I just happened to discover the Art Alley on Cedros during my recent walk through the very hip Cedros Avenue Design District.
Anybody can freely wander off the street and into the alley to experience a motley collection of colorful (and groovy) artwork!
I walked the length of the alley and discovered a variety of painted “canvases” including car hoods, skateboards and surfboards, beautiful photographs, unique objects and sculptures, a watery blue mosaic along one alley wall, and many fun, nostalgic pieces that celebrate popular music from the past.
It looks like the Art Alley on Cedros has a Facebook page.
This is some of what I observed…
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Observe this series of photographs and you’ll see some of the coolest public art in San Diego!
Viewed from one particular spot, these twisty wavy metal poles rising 25 feet above the beach turn into the word ART!
The delightful sculpture, titled Banner Art, was created by John Banks in 2006. It was commissioned by the Port of San Diego and the City of Imperial Beach.
You can find this optical revelation near the corner of Imperial Beach Boulevard and Seacoast Drive.
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