Here’s even more colorful street art in City Heights!
I took these photographs before, during and after my recent walking tour of San Diego’s rapidly growing outdoor art gallery. I spotted this artwork along University Avenue, between I-80 and I-15. It’s an extremely diverse neighborhood, where many languages are spoken and many life experiences move together down shared streets.
If you’re unaware that San Diego has a drive-through art gallery, I urge you to check it out here!
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Sign in a window of The Bell Marker on Broadway. 24 Hours In a Day. 24 Beers In a Case. Coincidence?
Walk randomly about San Diego and you’ll inevitably stumble upon a few odd, humorous sights…
If you’re driving an inverted car past Jack in the Box near Hazard Center, this stop sign might make sense.An unexpected Kiwi Crossing street sign in Little Italy.This might be the most dirty, decrepit, ramshackle house in downtown San Diego. One day it’ll likely vanish in a cloud of dust.A miniature garden in Tuna Harbor. One potted plant.A funny sight hanging out in Little Italy. Jay Leno!A very peculiar figure creeps along a downtown sidewalk.Another odd figure on the back of a vehicle.An East Village shop uses The Force to compel would-be shoppers.It’s over three months until Christmas, and I already see a candy cane in one window!
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A funky face has been spray painted on a utility box on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights.
I recently walked through several blocks of City Heights, along a short stretch of El Cajon Boulevard from 35th Street to Interstate 15. I remained on the south side of San Diego’s historic boulevard, where I saw many examples of colorful street art.
Enjoy these photos!
Another side of the cool box.And another!This utility box is decorated with unusual fast food street art. A lady with crossed out eyes speaks pizza.Drinking through a straw on a seemingly littered sidewalk.Bunches of odd, globular faces make for some unique street art.All sorts of humanish expressions.Now I’m walking east along El Cajon Boulevard approaching the Soda Bar.Fun emoji-like faces on the wall of the Soda Bar in City Heights.Cool art in a window of Allegory Tattoo.Bees in a hive on this eye-catching electrical box.Trashcans on the sidewalk feature iconic the Boulevard graphics.Beautiful flowers painted on a transformer box.A child reaches out to touch a bright green essence.Surprising street art on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights.
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Female face flows like sand through an hourglass. Beautiful street art on a utility box on Cesar E. Chavez Parkway in Barrio Logan.
Every so often I drive up Cesar E. Chavez Parkway through Barrio Logan. Recently I noticed that there’s a bunch of new street art decorating electrical boxes at intervals along both sidewalks. So last Sunday I took a walk through the neighborhood to check it out.
The photos of street art on walls, doors and windows you see were taken on Main Street just north of Cesar E. Chavez Parkway. The many electrical boxes were observed along the parkway between Main Street and National Avenue.
As I took those final two photos of the painted dogs Princess and Chato, I was startled by a nearby voice. A gentlemen at the nearby house greeted me from over his fence. I learned many of the boxes along the street were painted by various local artists about a month and a half ago. He was pleased that his neighborhood is getting “cleaned up” and graffiti has made way to all the colorful artwork.
I was also surprised to learn Princess and Chato were actual living dogs! As we spoke, a woman came out of the house proudly holding the two dogs! After I departed, I regretted not asking whether I could take photos of their pets. As you can see, Princess and Chato’s street art portraits are very true-to-life!
Street art fuses a human face with elements from the Mexican flag’s coat of arms.A pink flamingo painted by a blue door on Main Street in Barrio Logan.Glashaus remains painted on a shipping container long after the nearby art studios were vacated.Shark painted on wall by Ol’ Fashioned Lumber.Happy sun painted on a long colorful wall at Perkins Elementary School.A very flowery Frida Kahlo, painted on a door at The iN Gallery.Tree-like art on a screen door at 1878 Main Street.Cool art enlivens a nearby window.Cesar Chavez art in Barrio Logan on the street that bears his name. His words concerning courage and the non-violent struggle for justice live on.Huelga in Spanish means strike.Symbols fill one side of an electrical box. You are in Chicano Park.Fun street art on another side of the electrical box on Cesar E. Chavez Parkway includes a face.Another side. Two birds, a red flower, the moon and sun.A poem. Flores para los Muertos – Flores de los Enamorados… Flowers for the Dead – Flowers of the Lovers…Stunning street art in Barrio Logan abundant with ancient symbolism.A painted calavera among flowers, topped with a hat-like gramophone.A Mexican ballet folklórico dancer, with a skirt made of a red rose.One box depicts the mythological Aztec story Quetzalcoatl escapes from Migtlan (a part of the underworld).Mictlantecuhtli, god of the dead and the king of Mictlan, and his wife Mictecacihuatl seem upset that Quetzalcóatl escaped!One box seems to be a work in progress, with a yellow skull and empty white oval.Colorful prickly pears decorate one utility box.Another side.Among many symbols and motifs in the Barrio Logan street art, I spy the logo of the San Diego Padres!A corner of one otherwise bare box.RAZA with colorful, dynamic imagery.Chicano Rocks–looks sort of like an Aztec version of the rock band KISS.Legendary musician Santana has a third eye.Amazing street art in Barrio Logan. Painting of a face decorated for Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead.Boy carries earthen jug. Agua es vida. Water is life.Happy dog street art, with tongue hanging out.Another side of the same box–another happy dog.Aztec god of the night and conflict, jaguar Tezcatlipoca.Scorpion street art in Barrio Logan.Dog’s head street art.Street art of Princess, an actual dog who lives at a nearby house!And this is Chato, a second dog who lives at the same house!
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An astronaut gives a Hang Loose hand signal as he hovers near a satellite high above planet Earth!
Head into Imperial Beach along Palm Avenue and you’ll be treated to colorful art!
Here are some photos that I took yesterday!
A very cool space mural on one side of the AT&T building on Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach. By artists Todd Stands and Dave Frink.As drivers head west down Palm Avenue, a mural featuring a gray whale welcomes them to Imperial Beach.Art on fence between Palm Avenue and the old salt ponds of south San Diego Bay, now part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Reserve.One side of the AT&T building at 13th Street has colorful, spiritual jellyfish that seem to communicate electrically!The mural on the front of the AT&T building includes a big whale.And lots of super colorful shore birds.Beautiful public art welcomes visitors to Imperial Beach.Another whale in the mural.A pod of dolphins swims across an electrical box.More beautiful street art.I spotted a couple of native Eastern Pacific green sea turtles across Palm Avenue near 12th Street!Carly Ealey painted Cosmic Tides in Imperial Beach for Pangeaseed’s Sea Walls Murals for Oceans.
UPDATE!
On a much later walk, I noticed there’s a plaque on the AT&T building, describing its mural project. The colorful murals on three sides are together titled Beyond Words.
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Colorful fish swims through a wall at Petco Park near the Sun Diego Beach.
Here’s a collection of random art that I’ve observed while walking around San Diego. Some of these photos are recent; others have been languishing for a year or two unused in my computer.
Enjoy!
Four mermaids painted on tile in an outdoor shop in Old Town.A deer dressed in a polo shirt. Humorous street art in Golden Hill.A silly pelican painted on a utility box on Mission Boulevard in South Mission Beach.IMAGINE painted on a box in downtown San Diego.Imaginative, plant-like street art downtown.Beautiful tile mosaic with Virgin Mary at its center on a wall in North Park.A boy and a bird on an electrical box downtown.I spied this small unusual work of art leaning up against a garbage can downtown.A branching tree enlivens a transformer box in Golden Hill.A whale, shark, dolphin, ray and other sea life painted by many hands on a community mural in Ocean Beach.
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This morning I jumped off the trolley at the Rio Vista station, which is located beside the San Diego River in the heart of Mission Valley.
I knew I could find some fun street art at the Rio Vista shopping mall.
I headed down a sidewalk and there it was!
A transformer box has been painted with a mermaid. An example of the street art at Rio Vista in Mission Valley.More nearby boxes decorated with fun artwork.Long blue hair like waves of water.Shark street art, with credits to Brise Birdsong, Helen Divas, Angelica Nunez.A sea turtle swims though Mission Valley.I see some jellyfish, too!Two hummingbirds touch beaks.Colorful bird-of-paradise flower street art.Artwork painted on an electrical box at Rio Vista depicts a lady smelling red flowers.
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Some panels on a mural on Gunn Street west of 30th Street have been repainted. The two shown are by Jorge Gutierrez and Maxx Moses.
North Park is brimming with street art. During a walk yesterday down 30th Street, from University Avenue to Upas Street, I encountered fresh artwork that I haven’t blogged in the past. You can see some of those old photos here and here and here.
As I proceeded down the sidewalk I noticed that a number of electrical boxes and walls have been repainted in the past couple years.
Enjoy these new photos. North Park is alive with creativity!
This box showing the four cardinal directions has been repainted by Jonny Alexander.East.South.West.A scary purple claw has emerged from this crate-like electrical box!The yellow eyes of a mysterious monster peer out!Let’s be friends. That love potion appears intoxicating . . . and possibly toxic!A skull in a bottle. Sink or swim.More fun street art on the same utility box on 30th Street in North Park.Stenciled on a wall. For my hustlers, here’s some motivation. He who has begun is half done.A cute little critter that seems to be inside a living heart.Exotic street art on an electrical box.Strength through Peace.Three sitting female figures contain spiritual symbolism.A wild splash of color.Mural on side of 30th Street Laundry. A Beautiful Morning by Sentrock.An ankh symbolizing life in the hand of a lady with colorful abstract hair.Fun robot graphic on the front wall of Soi 30th, a North Park Thai Eatery.A cool Pangea Seed Foundation Sea Wall created in North Park by Lauren YS. A beautiful underwater mermaid is contrasted with a skeleton.The mural concerns ocean acidification and the resulting death of kelp and sea life.San Diego Padres baseball player under painted fireworks.This final North Park electrical box was painted last month. You can find it on Upas Street east of 30th Street, in front of The Taco Stand.An old salt by the ocean and a sailing ship.A friar by the old mission.Hecho a Mano. Made by hand.
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The Mad Hatter in street art at one end of a Logan Heights alley.
That alley in Logan Heights where I discovered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles street art is home to even more spray paint characters and graffiti. Bold images reflect life in a sometimes tough urban setting.
I read that a public art project in Logan Heights targeted several neighborhood alleys, so I assume these images were part of that effort. As I walked along, I spotted many different artist names.
(On a later visit to the neighborhood I learned the community group that created all this cool art is called the San Diego Art Team!)
Lewis Carroll characters have been spray painted alongside graffiti in Logan Heights.The blue Caterpillar on a mushroom smoking a hookah is from Alice in Wonderland.A section of bold urban art on a long wall.A wicked-looking character seems to be spray painting the graffiti next to him.Another section of colorful graffiti.Somos Todos Pistoleros above a pyramid in The Alley Gallery.A bird-like character drinking from a green bottle.A character with sunglasses and headphones holds a boombox with fang-like teeth.Elaborate urban artwork completely covers a long alley wall in Logan Heights.That looks like one mean cockroach!
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Some bold pop culture art inside a window. I spotted these on Ninth Avenue in East Village.
The past few days, while walking along sidewalks in downtown San Diego, I’ve photographed all sorts of cool artwork. Some of the art is relatively new. Some of it, as you’ll see, is derived from or influenced by the popular culture.
Which reminds me! This year I’ll be covering San Diego Comic-Con again! I’m taking a week off from work, and because I live downtown I should be able to get lots of photos of cosplay, special exhibitions, building and trolley wraps, fun offsite events . . . and hopefully some unexpected surprises!
I can’t wait!
More bold art on Ninth Avenue. A green fiendish creature awaits those who might venture into Suite 102.A face painted by VISUAL on a transformer box. I photographed this (and the following two boxes) while walking down A Street.Circle around these two utility boxes and you’ll read the words: Create Future.Beautiful glasswork above the entrance of Sidiropoulos Law Firm on Sixth Avenue depicts blind Justice holding her scales.Ornamentation above the front door of the historical McClintock Storage Warehouse building on Kettner Boulevard.All sorts of amusing graphics decorate the windows of the restaurant AAHARN by Koon Thai.William Dorsett near the USS Midway created some fun spray paint Pokémon artwork!Marvin the Martian inside the front door of Funko South. The office is located on Market Street, and has served as Funko’s Pop! Up Shop during San Diego Comic-Con.Colorful art by Kelsey Montague in the courtyard of The Headquarters. People can take photos of themselves wearing ocean-themed wings!A super cool mural on the east side of Pokez Mexican Restaurant. A few years back different spray paint art was on this wall, which I also photographed!
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