Address: on Morton Place, east of Morton Ave.
Artist: many, see below
Sponsor: Rampart Youth and El Centro del Pueblo
Keywords: exterior, cultural, kids, memorial, Virgin of Guadalupe, mural
Area: Silver Lake/Echo Park
Two long serpents are painted on embankment walls to either side of an Echo Park street. The mural has three different dedications at various places: "Dedicated to the City of Los Angeles from Rampart Youth and El Centro del Pueblo", "In Memory of Leonardo Diaz 5-27-73 9-23-94", and "This is dedicated to La Raza." It currently has a Mural Restoration Project going sponsored by El Centro del Pueblo. The mural was supervised by Diane M. Hernandez and Franciso Reyes. Artists lsited were Raymundo Rocky Avila, David & Rosa de la Riva, Diane Hernandez, Richard Torres, Rebecca Zamarripa, Monica Lutton, and Marina Ballesteros.
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Photos copyright 2000,2001,2002 Rich Puchalsky.