Check out this fun mural that was painted on the side of Vespa Motorsport on Pacific Highway this year!
The creator is Nicholas McPherson, a local artist who signs his work Nicholas Danger. His cool, often whimsical street art can be found all around San Diego!
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The Sanford Children’s Zoo will contain two acres of new animal habitats and kid friendly experiences.
Yes, I spent another Sunday in Balboa Park. It’s close to where I live, and I love it.
Look what I discovered while walking around today!
For a while I’ve been wondering about a very large crane rising above the southeast corner of the San Diego Zoo. You can see it just west of the Spanish Village Art Center, behind a construction fence that runs along the walkway connecting the zoo to the center of Balboa Park.
I noticed banners have been hung on the fence!
A new Children’s Zoo is under construction! It will be called the Sanford Children’s Zoo and will feature two acres of new habitats and fun things for kids to do. It appears the new Children’s Zoo will open in 2021.
Check out these banners to see come cool renderings and description!
The world-famous San Diego Zoo’s new Sanford Children’s Zoo is now under construction. It’s due to open in 2021.There will be a gentle stream for kids to play in and a rope bridge to a fun treehouse.There will be a waterfall and cave behind it.Visitors will be able to view a complex network of underground tunnels and burrows used by naked mole-rats!There will be some sort of big water globe near the new Children’s Zoo’s entrance. (I wonder how kids will interact with it. Will there be fish in it?)A new walk-through aviary will include beautiful hummingbirds!
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These three fantastic murals were painted recently in a North Park alley. I happened to be walking down University Avenue just east of 31st Street when I spotted them.
Very cool, huh?
North Park continues to be the home of amazing, ever-changing street art!
North Park alley mural by BANDiT.North Park alley mural by @JohnnysArtwork.North Park alley mural by @kyraaart.North Park alley mural by @kyraaart.
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Muralist Nadia Sanchez smiles near her new artwork. We All May Come From Different Roots But We Are All The Same.
New murals were being painted today by the 7-Eleven on University Avenue in City Heights! The public’s opportunity to watch artists at work live was one cool aspect of the Love City Heights local Global Day of Caring event.
During my visit, a wall adjacent to the 7-Eleven parking lot was being painted by young muralist Nadia Sanchez. Her inspiring artwork is divided into two panels, and she and her mentor Melody De Los Cobos were working on the second half of the mural when I happened to swing by.
Meanwhile, a large mural in the alley next to 7-Eleven was just getting started by GMONIK. It will be the third inspiring piece of art on that wall. I’ll swing by at some point in the future and take a photo of the completed work.
GMONIK has another super cool mural on the street side of the same building. See it here!
I later walked a couple blocks east down University Avenue to check out two new murals of #TheAvenueMuralProject. Both are really great, as you can see in my photos!
City Heights continues to become more beautiful!
Be-Leaf in YOURSELF. A new mural is painted in City Heights by talented young artist Nadia Sanchez with help from mentor Melody De Los Cobos.A new mural along a low wall at Tito’s Auto Body depicts cool cars. The public art is a project of Love City Heights and #TheAvenueMuralProject.
Another new #TheAvenueMuralProject mural in City Heights decorates the front of Pink and Mint Salon.
GMONIK @gmonikart has begun a new mural in the alley by 7-Eleven. It will depict Africa and the message One Love.Colorful murals join together in City Heights to unite a diverse community.
UPDATE!
A few days later I walked through City Heights and noticed GMONIK had finished his One Love mural…
One Love mural in City Heights by artist GMONIK.
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People in Grape Day Park head toward buildings that are part of the Escondido History Center’s unique Heritage Walk.
Last weekend I enjoyed a fascinating walk around the Escondido History Center!
Several original and reconstructed buildings operated by the Escondido History Center form the Heritage Walk at the north end of Grape Day Park. Anyone who is curious can freely visit the Bandy Blacksmith & Wheelwright Shop, the Penner Barn, the Victorian House, the City’s First Library, and an excellent museum inside Escondido’s old Santa Fe Depot. A very cool Pullman railroad car parked nearby contains a large model train layout!
While I really enjoyed my visit, I still don’t know much about the history of Escondido, so please visit the Escondido History Center’s informative website here.
Come along with me as we head down the Heritage Walk. We’ll make several interesting discoveries!
(Click the photos of signs and they will enlarge for easier reading.)
The functioning Bandy Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop beckons. (It was closed the day I visited.)The 1947 Bandy Blacksmith Shop was reconstructed in Grape Day Park in 1993. The building is used today for education and blacksmith demonstrations.As we continue down the Heritage Walk, the Penner Barn and nearby windmill come into view.The Penner Barn at Escondido’s Heritage Walk.The 1907 Penner Barn was reconstructed here in 1976 using the original exterior siding and doors. It’s now used by the Escondido History Center for special events.Looking backward through the windmill, we see a vintage Caterpillar tractor parked in front of the Penner Barn.The Victorian House is furnished as it might have been a century ago. It is open to the public for tours. (I didn’t go inside the day I visited.)The Victorian Country House is an 1890 Queen Anne style farmhouse that was moved to this location by the Escondido Historical Society.A small tour group assembles on the front porch of the transplanted farmhouse.This modest building was the very first library in Escondido.Escondido’s First Library opened in 1895. In 1971 the Escondido Historical Society saved it from demolition and moved it to Grape Day Park.Escondido’s original public library is now headquarters for the Escondido History Center.Sign details the mission and work of the Escondido History Center, formerly the Escondido Historical Society, which was founded in 1956.A time capsule buried under the Heritage Walk is to be opened in 2076.The handsome old Santa Fe Depot was moved to Grape Day Park in 1984. It houses the main museum of the Escondido History Center.The platform side of the historic train depot, complete with Western Union sign and vintage baggage cart.Exhibits inside the old train depot concern local history, from the Native American Kumeyaay who lived off the land, through Escondido’s development as a town.A black-and-white photograph on one wall shows Escondido’s Santa Fe Depot.Parked next to the depot’s passenger platform is railroad car number 92, built by the Pullman Company in the 1920s.Inside the railroad car is a huge, detailed model train layout that kids love!Sacks of mail were transported at one end of the railroad car.Visitors inside the old railroad car relax and enjoy another facet of Escondido’s fascinating history!
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A cool new mural has been painted on the east side of Humphrey Appliance in Normal Heights! I noticed it while walking down Adams Avenue yesterday.
The artist is Jonathan Wenner (Unity21). I did my best to get good photos, but various boxes and pieces of furniture in the small parking lot block the lower part of the artwork.
Enjoy!
UPDATE!
I got an unobstructed photo on a later walk…
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Over the years, I’ve photographed many of the public art sculptures that can be found all around San Diego.
Because Cool San Diego Sights is now over six years old, and most readers have seen only a small fraction of my blog, I thought it would be fun to link to some old posts.
The following links don’t include all of the sculptures I’ve photographed, but they do provide a convenient starting point for a journey of discovery!
Facetime is a site-specific public art piece that offers three separate spaces for both interaction and contemplation, while providing temporary shelter.
Very cool new public art was installed at Liberty Station this summer. I saw it for the first time last weekend while I experienced the La Jolla Playhouse’s outdoor WOW festival.
The public art is titled Facetime. It was created by Ocean Beach artist Miki Iwasaki. Three angular sculptures made of corten steel contain seats, inviting face to face human interaction.
I watched a couple enter one shelter, promptly pull out phones and bow their heads.
At least they sat near one another.
Facetime on grass near walkways at Liberty Station.Instead of speaking face to face, two people stare silently down at their phones.Miki Iwasaki. Facetime. August 2019. Corten steel with seating elements. In partnership with Mingei International Museum.Materials will patinate over time, enhancing the visible connection to natural forces and site context.Three can sit near each other in this shady sculpture and share an experience.Facetime is public art located in Liberty Station’s ARTS DISTRICT.Cool public art invites human interaction.
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I seldom walk through some neighborhoods in San Diego. My last walk through South Park was several years ago.
This morning I headed from Golden Hill up 30th Avenue then Fern Street. As I passed through the heart of South Park my camera found a bunch of cool street art I haven’t previously seen!
Some of this colorful artwork, including a few murals, seems new. Some of it I might have missed during that last walk…
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