Art on the food court level of Horton Plaza shopping mall.
Tasty artwork can be found on the food court level of downtown’s Horton Plaza mall!
This fun art was created by VISUAL, whose distinctive work you might recognize. Some of my street art blog posts include photos of utility boxes decorated by VISUAL. You can spot them throughout the city.
Walking through colorful Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego.Sign describes VISUAL, an art supply shop and gallery in North Park. Street art created by VISUAL artists can be spotted all around San Diego.Eating spaghetti.A cupcake and ice cream!
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Expecting to Fly (for the Zeros), Fred Tomaselli, 2013.
You might remember I posted photos of street art and many of the Murals of La Jolla a couple years ago. You can see all of that fun artwork by clicking here. Sadly, a couple of those murals no longer exist.
My adventure today included passing by even more public art murals, plus some beautiful and inspirational stuff that I found while journeying down sidewalks.
I snapped a great map and legend of the Murals of La Jolla in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on Prospect Street, which is undergoing a renovation. To see the location of all the current murals, which include some that I photographed in that earlier blog post, click the map below and it will enlarge.
Map and legend that you can use to locate the many amazing Murals of La Jolla.Playing La Jolla (for all it’s worth), Terry Allen, 2015.Suns, Victoria Fu and Byron Kim, 2016.Man, Myth and Magic, Steven Hull, 2017.Art near entrance of Le Chauvinist depicts three kids at the Lincoln Memorial.A fish etched in the concrete sidewalk near El Pescador Fish Market!Angel wings on a gate.One of the most stunning gates I’ve ever seen. Shining golden leaves and blooms seem to grow through it.By the sidewalk… Joan Goldstein Graf and Alan Goldstein. Their bench.Painted flowers near the roof of Salvage Salon.Come into my garden so my flowers can meet you.A very cool mural in the alley next to the Grater grilled cheese shop in La Jolla.It appears Mona Lisa has a taste for grilled cheese sandwiches!
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Some cool street art near the corner of E Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Chula Vista.
Late this morning I took a walk through one section of Chula Vista. I headed east on E Street from the trolley station, south on Broadway, then back west on H Street. I drive through this commercial area once in a while and haven’t noticed much in the way of street art, but I hoped I’d find some fun examples during my walk.
I found almost none.
Chula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, with many neighborhoods that are beautiful. The section I walked through is bit more on the gritty side. The streets are lined with auto repair shops, tire stores, old strip malls, motels and trailer parks. Many utility boxes–and building walls–are spray painted not with murals but gang graffiti.
I did meet some very nice people during my walk. Others looked at me a bit strangely as I carried my camera down the sidewalk.
Another side of the same box, one block from the E Street station of the San Diego Trolley.Hastily scrawled graffiti is more common on the electrical boxes in this part of Chula Vista.Fading art on base of wall on Broadway, around the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM Local 755 parking lot. I am defending our freedoms.An unusual rusted metal sculpture near the front of Fiesta Hall Chula Vista on H Street.This walk is just about completed. I’ve arrived near the H Street station of the San Diego Trolley.A small plaque among some flowers. Chula Vista Transit Center. November 1981.A nearby utility box is painted with colorful designs.
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A dapper gentleman with an elegant automobile looks at a lady with a bottle.
According to this morning’s weather report, it’s supposed to rain in San Diego for most of the day. We can always use more water in dry Southern California. But rain, and a bit of a sore throat, means I probably won’t go out walking today.
Meanwhile, here’s some fun artwork that I discovered yesterday while walking through North Park. Both works of art were on the sidewalk in the vicinity of El Cajon Boulevard and 30th Street.
Enjoy!
I’m sorry love, the only rubbish I have time for is in this bin.Tile mosaic of a motorcycle and rider. A very cool sight in the sidewalk in front of Belching Beaver Brewery in North Park.
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A cool mural on the Supercuts building in North Park depicts sexy lady space warriors and wacky, menacing aliens!
There’s a relatively new mural in North Park that replaces a cosmic mural that I blogged about here. This cool spray paint street art features two sexy space warriors and several wacky aliens! You can find it near the corner of El Cajon Boulevard and 30th Street.
It appears to me that certain elements of the old mural have been preserved. Have you “eyed” it?
I recently learned that a special utility box painting event will be taking place in North Park all along University Avenue and 30th Street tomorrow, and I hope to be there for the creativity, live music and fun! But right now I seem to be coming down with a cold, plus rain is predicted–so we’ll see. If I go I’ll take photos!
Ten street artists have their names on one side of this fantastic, complex spray paint art in North Park.Looks to me like a sexy lady Boba Fett and Marvel’s lethal super villain MODOK in his hover chair.Two weird, wacky space aliens and a sexy female warrior holding two ray guns.Looks to me like a cross between an evil green Jar Jar Binks and a toothy Alien or Venom.Two elements of the fun spray paint mural located near the corner of El Cajon Boulevard and 30th Street in North Park!
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A bit of Wordsworth poetry and a flower etched into concrete. One of many cool sights during a walk down Avenida de la Playa.
Last weekend I went for a short walk through another beautiful part of La Jolla. I headed from La Jolla Shores Drive down Avenida de la Playa all the way to the beach. (Then I turned south and walked slowly over the sand to the tide pools. I’ll post photos of my beach walk later.)
Let’s head west down the street and enjoy a few cool sights!
A funny sign on the sidewalk near Cooper’s Market and Cafe. Look Morty, they have carbs and caffeine!Art on wall of Everyday California Adventures and Apparel shows a bear carrying a surfboard.Painted artwork on west side of Galaxy Taco includes colorful, strung Mexican papel picado. One of the Murals of La Jolla. Demos Gracias, Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia, 2016. Galaxy Taco’s colorful mailbox with their menu.Surf’s up. One of many underfoot messages in panels of concrete near the corner of Avenida de la Playa and Paseo del Ocaso.Someone has rented a stand up paddleboard at La Jolla Kayak. It’s a short distance to the beach from here.Looking west down Avenida de la Playa during a pleasant Saturday walk in laid-back La Jolla Shores.Barbarella Restaurant and Bar has a huge wing corkscrew sculpture with human feet!I’m not tired yet, but here’s a cool bench with seahorses and shells.Carrying paddleboards west toward the nearby beach. Kayaking in the Pacific Ocean off La Jolla is also very popular.Ocean Girl with heart.Build your own ice cream sandwich. Very tempting!After a short, fun walk, we’ve reached the beach!
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Father of the Computer, Charles Babbage, 1791-1871.
There are two electrical boxes near the UCSD Gilman Transit Center that caught my eye last weekend. One features tributes to three early pioneers of computer science. The other is painted to appear like a gigantic boom box. Technology and music are central to the life of many students at UC San Diego.
I always love revisiting the campus of UC San Diego. It’s a very beautiful place, bustling with energy. The university is rated one of the finest in the world. When I see the inventors of tomorrow, walking with smiles in the La Jolla sunshine, I feel hopeful.
Enchantress of Numbers, Ada Lovelace, 1815-1852.Father of Computer Science, Alan Turing, 1912-1954.An electrical box painted like a huge boom box near UCSD’s Gilman Transit Center.Musical notes stream from an enormous boom box at UC San Diego!
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