The Wall

Street art as the city’s other magazine. Come sit with it.

A mural trail is a list. A wall is a claim. Lettering, saints, candy paint, a lowrider at the curb. Some last. Some get buffed. Burque keeps writing.

Places to go

1. 01 · Barelas Park

   Barelas Community Center mural

   Francisco LeFebre, 1990, restored. Horse, railroad, the barrio surviving itself.

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2. 02 · Rail Yards, 2nd St, Barelas

   Corazón de Chile

   Red and green. Hands exchanging a flower. The market wall.

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3. 03 · 516 Central Ave SW

   516 ARTS / Brainbow Alley

   Larry Bob Phillips behind the building. Alley between 5th and 6th.

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4. 04 · South Broadway

   South Broadway Cultural Center

   Francis Rivera’s Desert Bloom. The city looking north.

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5. 05 · Former B. Ruppe Drugs, Barelas

   Maclovia Zamora mural

   Nani Chacon. Yerbas, a healer, the wall as a pharmacy.

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6. 06 · Barelas

   Working Classroom

   Old tortilla factory. Youth work on the brick. Walk the block.

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