Selected Murals in Silverlake and Boyle Heights (East Los Angeles)

Silverlake and East LA (particularly Boyle Heights) are areas rich in murals. This page reproduces a very small number of them, as examples of the artistic currents in these predominantly Latino communities. Do not reproduce information from this site without acknowledgement of the artists and their works, or of the authors of this site.

Silverlake

Hugo Ballin, History of Science Murals, 1934. Griffith Observatory.
Unity, Vermont and Melorse.
Annie Sperling Cesano, Thai Floating Market, Vermont and Normal.
Annie Sperling Cesano, Precious Sea, Vermont and Marathon streets, Laguna Seafood Ranch Market.
Alysse Stepanian, Resurgence, Vermont and Lexington
Stuart Vaughan, Barnsdall Art Park, murals commissioned by MTA for the Barnsdall Art Park Construction Fence Project.
Gabriel Basmatian, Mural on an Armenian pharmacy, 1994. Hollywood and Normandie.
Grasshopper lounge, Normandie and Fountain. Photo taken in Spring 1998.
Grasshopper lounge, Normandie and Fountain. Photo taken in June 2005.
Mural, Normandie and Fountain.
Cookee of California, Out of Passion and of Art in L. A., 1992. Alexandria and Marathon.
Art on a private garage, Monroe and Normandie.
Murals on an appartment house, Kingsley north of Hollywood Blvd.
El Chavo restaurant mural depicting the Mayans, 1970s. 4441 Sunset Blvd.
Annie Cesano, La Cancione. El Pollo Loco restaurant, Sunset at Sanborn.
- Detail of the musician
- Detail of the lovers
Another Def Production, Sunset at Sanborn.
Mural, Circus of Books store, Sunset at Sanborn.
"Woman with snake hair", Sunset at Sanborn.
Mural of a couple, furniture store, Sunset east of Sanborn
Snake mural, furniture store parking lot, Sunset east of Sanborn
Annie Sperling Cesano, The Dream, Sunset and Virgil.
Annie Sperling, A Mural Dedicated to Peace, 1991. Hyperion at Sunset.
Leonardo Giacomuzzo and Christian Anson, Y Maria Va El Conquistador Mexican Restaurant, Edgecliff and Sunset
Leonardo Giacomuzzo, Gate of Silverlake, 1998. Underpass of Silverlake and Hollywood Freeway.
Annie Sperling, People of Sunset Junction, 1994. Jackie Goldberg's Office, Sunset Blvd.
Mural on a cafe/restaurant, Sunset Blvd near Micheltorena
Theresa Powers, Quinceanera, 1996. Pescade Mohado at Lemoyne Street and Sunset.
Theresa Powers, Mountain of Dreams, 1996. Micheltorena Street School, Micheltorena and Sunset.
Theresa Powers, Echo Park/The World, 1995. 1325 Echo Park Ave.
Patrick and Sean Johnson, Logan Street School mural, 2004.
Ernesto de la Loza, Inner City, 1996. Sunset. Detail with hands, detail with abstractions.
Kent Twitchell, The Freeway Lady, 1255 Temple St, south of the 101 freeway.
Shepard Fairey, Power and Equality (Angela Davis and other images), corner of Santa Monica boulevard and Virgil. Photo as of October 2004.
Eva Cockcroft, Edwin R. Perez, Eric Neiman, and Jaime Reyes, Earth Memories, 1996. Beverly Blvd at Belmont (exterior of Belmont High School).
- Detail of planet Earth covered with water
- Detail of the dinosaur age
- Detail of the meteorites
- Detail of "recent" history

Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles

Los Dos Streetscapers (Wayne Healy and David Botello), Chicano Time Trip, 1977. Detail. 2601 N. Broadway, Lincoln Heights.
Guillermo Wagner Granizo, Olympic Fantasy, 1984. Physical education building, California State University, Los Angeles
Manuel Cruz, Moctezuma, 1980. Cesar Chavez at Bernal.
Madonna. Cesar Chavez, west of Bernal.
Ernesto de la Loza, Resurrection of the Green Planet, 1991. El Pavo Bakery, Cesar Chavez Ave. at Breed St. (SPARC)
Madonna. Cesar Chavez Ave. at Breed St.
Willie Herron and Alfonso Trejo Jr., Advancements of Man, 1975. Restored in 1995. Cesar Chavez Ave and Soto. View of a detail.
East Los Streetscapers, Corrido de Boyle Heights, 1984. Payless Shoes store, 2336 Cesar Chavez Ave, at Soto.
Paul Botello, No Greater Love, 1992. Cesar Chavez Ave and Soto. Ramirez Pharmacy.
Gonzalez, Noah's Arc, 1997. Elia's Pet Shop. Cesar Chavez Ave and Matthews.
Daniel Martinez and East LA 13. A Warrior's Yesterday and Today, 1986. Cesar Chavez and Fickett
GT3, mural, 1992. Fickett and Cesar Chavez
John Estrada, Rescate, 1994. Cesar Chavez Ave and Evergreen.
Bill Butler, Respect what you see, 1979. Gage at Cesar Chavez. Another detail.
John Zender Estrada, Open the Curtains, 1996. Raza Adelante, Cesar Chavez Ave at Arizona.
Manuel Gomez Cruz, Barrios United is Peace and Power, 1993. Indiana at Cesar Chavez. Detail of a confrontation between indigenous peoples and whites. Detail of Father Hidalgo. Detail of images relating to Chicanos.
Alma Lopez and Women's Mural Workshop, Que Esconde la Esperanza (What is Hidden in Hope), 1995. Indiana close to 6th st.
George Yepes, Tikkun Olam, 1997. White Memorial Medical Plaza, Cesar Chavez Ave between State and Boyle.
Mictland Mundis, Mural dedicated to Motherhood, Cesar Chavez Ave.
Ernesto de la Loza, Bridges to East LA, 1993. St. Louis St. and First.
Antonio Gonzalez, Untitled, 1991. 2316 E. 1st street.
Juan Solis, El Corrido de Ricardo Valdez, 1994. Mariachi Plaza. Another detail.
Zinovy Shersher, We Have a Future, 1991. 1505 E. 1st St.
Millikan High School and Grand Pride, Paint the Town Red, 1st and Fickett. Another detail.
Inner City Knowledge, 1st and Mott.
Goez Art Studio, A Story of our Struggle, 1974. Townsend and 1st. Another detail.
In memory of Flaco Tavio, Paseo Valdez, Aliso Pico
East Los Streetscapers, Life Flows at Aliso-Pico, 1983. 1st. St. near Clarence.
Danny Chaka and Robert Perro, Christian Center mural, 1996. 1st at Clarence.
Madonna. Clarence and 1st.
John Zender Estrada, Mural, 1992. Pico-Aliso area, Clarence and 1st
F. Debora, We are the People of the Sun. 1st. west of Utah St.
Nancy Turner and Peeter Alvet, Untitled, 1991. Fine's Food, 2765 Olympic Blvd.
Mural of children. Detail. Estrada Courts.
Sonny Ramirez, Two Flags, 1973. Estrada Courts, 1364-6 Grande Vista Ave at Olympic.
David Botello, Dreams of Flight, 1973-78, repainted in 1996. Detail. Estrada Courts, 3441 Olympic Boulevard
Goez Studio (Gil Hernandez), The Sun Bathers, 1973. Detail. Estrada Courts, 3287 Olympic Boulevard
Daniel Haro, The Artist, 1973. Estrada Courts, 3237 Olympic Boulevard.
Willie Herron and Gronk, Moratorium - The Black and White Mural, 1973. Estrada Courts, 3221 Olympic Boulevard.
El Congreso de Artistas Cosmicos de las Americas de San Diego (Mario Torero, Rocky, El Lion, Zade), We Are Not a Minority, 1978 (repainted in 1996). Estrada Courts, 3217 Olympic Boulevard.
Untitled, image of Christ and an angel floating over Spanish soldiers. 8th and Concord.
Mario Aguirre Uriarte, Cuauhtemoc (Descending Eagle), 1992. 3500 N. North Main Street, Lincoln Heights. Detail of the ear of corn and cactus; detail of the descending eagle.

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Photos taken by Ruth Wallach
Updated 1/2014