THE MURALS OF ESTRADA COURTS


Location
3200-3300 E. Olympic Blvd.

Description
In order to identify the location of the murals, the numbers written on the buildings are used as points of reference. The starting point is the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Lorena Street. The list first moves west along Olympic, then zig zags through the complex.

Photos: © Robin Dunitz

A. GIVE ME LIFE
Charles Felix and Los Ninos del Mundo (Kids of the World) 1973 3357-3359 Olympic Blvd. (at Lorena) Acrylic on stucco, 2 panels, 50' x 24'


B. Untitled Charles Felix 1973 3359 1/2 Olympic Blvd. 32' x 24' Red and green depiction of an ancient stone relief from El Tajin, the ancient capital of a civilization near present-day Veracruz, Mexico.

 

 

 

C. Untitled Charles Felix 3341 Olympic Blvd. 32' x 24' Repetitive geometric pattern, which resembles an angular honeycomb.

D. Untitled Charles Felix 3331 Olympic Blvd. 32' x 24' Same as C. above (3341 Olympic Boulevard) except for colors.

E. Untitled Charles Felix 1975 3333 1/2 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Looks like a sea of amoeba-like micro-organisms.

F. Untitled Los Ninos del Mundo (Kids of the World) 3327 1/2 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Potpourri of shapes, primarily in green, yellow, and blue.

G. CREATIONS OF MAN Los Ninos del Mundo (Kids of the World) 1974 3301 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Potpourri of shapes, primarily in blue and brownish-red.

H.
THE SUN BATHERS Goez (Gil Hernandez) 1973 3287 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Bathers with their feet projecting forward a la Mexican master David Alfaro Siqueiros (whose portrait is also in the mural).

I.
DREAMS OF FLIGHT
David Botello 1973-1978
3241 Olympic Blvd.
Cal-Western acrylic , 32' x 24'

The artist's first solo mural reveals some of his childhood fantasies.

photo © Robin Dunitz

J. THE ARTIST Daniel Haro 1973 3237 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24'

K.
MORATORIUM: THE BLACK AND WHITE MURAL
Willie Herron and Gronk 1973 3221 Olympic Blvd.
Acrylic on stucco, 25' x 15'

A black-and-white photo-realist montage portraying the 1970 anti-Vietnam War Chicano Moratorium, as well as imagery condemning police brutality in the barrio. In 1980 Herron returned to paint (in color) he and his wife embracing in the mural's lower right corner.

L.
WE ARE NOT A MINORITY
El Congreso de Artistas Cosmicos de las Americas de San Diego
(Mario Torero, Rocky, El Lton, Zade) 1978 3217 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Tribute to Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara.

M. INNOCENCE Norma Montoya 1973 3201 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24'

N. TWO FLAGS Sonny Ramirez 1973 1364-6 Grande Vista Ave. at Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 2 panels, 50' x 24' A man holding flags and a baby standing on an Olmec head.
O.
Untitled Manuel Gonzalez 1973 1372 Grande Vista Ave. at Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Depiction of a sculpture of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc.

P. Untitled The Muralistics 1976 3207 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) 32' x 24' Landscape of the moon reflecting off water.

Q. Untitled Tony Nunez 1976 3227 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Landscape with bears.


R. Untitled Charles Felix 3231 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Group of lions.

 

 

 

S. Untitled Eduardo Ortiz, David Cruz, J. Pasillas, and friends 1975 3247 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Landscape with river.


T. Untitled Indio and V. Cholo 1975 3281 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Leopard crouching in a tree.

 

 

 

U. SLEEPING WOMAN'S DREAM Norma Montoya 1974 3307 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Radiating sun above a fantasy landscape.

V. Untitled Richard Haro 1977 3335 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Outer space.


W. Untitled Frank Lopez 1973 3347 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy in front of an American flag. Between the two men is an eerie list of comparisons.

 

 

 


X. Untitled Royal Chicano Air Force 1977 3355 Olympic Blvd. (facing parking lot) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' The theme is support for the United Farmworkers Union.

 

 

 

Y. Untitled P. Rochas and Roger Provencio 1974 3351 Olympic Blvd. (facing parking lot) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Mountain with road zigzagging to the top.

Z. Untitled artist unknown 3339 1/2 Olympic Blvd. (facing parking lot) Portrait of Pancho Villa on about a third of the wall.

AA. Untitled Judithe Hernandez 1976 3315 Olympic Blvd. (inside quad) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Two women under a tree in front of a small house. This mural is unfinished.

AB. Untitled Daniel Martinez and crew 1974 3311 Olympic Blvd. (inside quad) Acrylic, 32' x 24' Great white shark with a diver in his mouth.

AC. Untitled Estrada youth 3275 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Landscape with deer.

AD. Untitled artist unknown 3264 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Peacock with other animals around the edges of its plumage.

AE. Untitled Ernesto de la Loza 1975 3240 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Pastel-hued landscape.

AF.
Untitled Daniel Haro 1982 3234 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Horses in a natural setting.


AG. Untitled Quiroz 1352 Grande Vista Ave. (at Glenn Ave.) Shadowy foreshortened figures. (Unfinished)

AH. ZODIAC Charles Felix 1976 3250 Glenn Ave. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Signs of the zodiac in a circle around the sun.


AI. AMERICAN CONCERT Tony Nunez and local youth 1974 3254 Glenn Ave. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24'

 

 

 


AJ. OCEAN FANTASY The Muralistics 3280 Glenn Ave. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24'' The centerpiece is an old sailing ship with billowing sails.

 

 

 

AK. Untitled Charles Felix 3265 Glenn Ave. (facing parking lot) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Eyes in the upper center, animal horns in rainbow colors below.


AL. ORALE RAZA Frank Fierro 1974-1979 1319 Lorena St. 32' x 24' The title means Raza, all right! Repeated image of a man raising his arm, plus a child smiling and a rose dropping a petal.

 

 

 


AM. LA FIESTA Roberto Chavez and students from East Los Angeles College c.1973 3370-3372 1/2 Hunter St. (facing parking lot) 50' x 24', 2 panels Festive party with music and skeletons (calaveras).

 

 

 

AN.
Untitled El Congreso de Artistas Cosmicos de las Americas de San Diego (Mario Torero, Rocky, El Lton, Zade) 3340 1/2 Hunter St. (facing parking lot) 32' x 24' Three people--a couple on the right and a man alone on the left.


AO. OLYMPIA Charles Felix 1976 3310 Hunter St. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Memorial to those killed during the 1976 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, and in Mexico City in 1968.

 

 

 

AP. Untitled Artist unknown 1326 Concord St. (walkway) War Gods; they are partly painted out at the bottom.

AQ. METAMORPHOSIS David Rivera, George Menchaca, Louie Lopez, Jaime Rodriguez, Alberto Rincon 1977 1336 Concord St. (at Glenn Ave.) Fantasy featuring butterfly-like people.

AR.
Untitled Daniel Haro 1983 3316 Hunter St. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Three hot air balloons

AS. TRIBUTE TO THE FARMWORKERS Alexandro C. Maya 1974 1311 Lorena St. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' The United Farmworkers Union flag being raised over cultivated fields by modern day agricultural workers, a Spanish soldier from the era of the Conquest, and a pre-Columbian Native American.

 

 

AT. Untitled Norma Montoya 3364 1/2 Hunter St. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Many kinds of fish swimming underwater.

AU. Untitled artist unknown 3318 Hunter St. (walkway) Landscape with waterfall and pre-Columbian images in the sky.




AV. IF WE COULD SHARE Lydia Dominguez 1976 3322 1/2 Hunter St. (near Concord St.)

 

 



AW. IN MEMORY OF A HOMEBOY Daniel Martinez 1973 3328 Hunter St. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Memorial for another victim of gang violence.

 

 

 

AX. Untitled artist unknown 3356 1/2 Hunter St. Headless horseman fighting a bull. (Unfinished)


 

AY. Untitled Sandy (resident youth) 1974 3384 1/2 Hunter St. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Two Indian chiefs facing each other.

 

 

 

 


AZ. Untitled Steve Delgado 1973 1301 Lorena St. (at Hunter) 32' x 24' Virgin of Guadalupe.

 

 




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