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Amazing Garden Dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King!!!!!!
Amazing Mural Project among the
Martin Luther KIng Highway is capturing
my attention this morning. The group
making this Mural also made the Great Wall of LA
Mural near Los Angeles Valley College, my Jurnior
College Alma Mater that I will visit this weekend
for the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet.
Date: 6/26/2008 9:20:38 AM ( 16 y ) ... viewed 1410 times
7:08 AM
June 25, 08
"He has alllowed me to go up to the Mountain
and I have seen the promised Land.
I may not get there with you
but we as a people will get to the Promised Land."
"Mine eyes have seen the Glory of the coming of he Lord!"
--Dr. Martin Luther King
Watch this Video about a Spectacular Project
to be built on the Dr. Martin Luther King Highway
in San Diego. The Martin Luther King Highway
is Highway 94.
This Mural Project is located
speciatlly where?
Was i passing this spot
the days I traveled to BIO last week?????
How did I find out about this Martin Luther King Mural????
I was Reseraching the LAVC website.
LAVC--Los Angeles Valley College--
is my Junior College Alma Mater.
The Great Wall of LA is one of the largest Murals
in the United States.
It was made by the same group that is going to
make this Mural not far from the Enchanted Garden Intentional Community
in San Diego.
The Video describes the Martin Luther King Mural.
It involves an intricate Geometic Garden Pattern
and plants that do not use much water.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
http://sparcmurals.org:16080/sparcone/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=304&Itemid=181
The Great Wall of Los Angeles:
This mural, titled The Great Wall of Los Angeles, is one of the most spectacular murals in Los Angeles. It portrays the history of California from pre-history to now.
The history is shown from the point of those who were here first, from those who built California, from the working class, from non-Anglos. It was designed and painted primarily by students. working through SPARC. Their Official site has more info.
Located in Valley Glen (formerly North Hollywood) on Coldwater Canyon between Oxnard and Burbank, it stretches for hundreds of yards in a flood control channel.
Oddly, most people don't even know it's there.
Each page has several photos, and starts with the most recent history first.
The site is one of the PoliZeros sites, which includes
the PoliZeros weblog and PoliZeros camblog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Los_Angeles
Great Wall of Los Angeles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca and executed by community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). It is located on the eastern edge of the Valley College campus in the San Fernando Valley community of Valley Glen, on the concrete sides of the Tujunga Wash, part of the drainage system of Los Angeles, California. With a length of 2,754 feet (840 m), it is credited as one of the longest murals in the world.
The mural depicts the history of California through several panels; the first panels begin with prehistory and colonialism, but most of the following panels deal with events of the 20th century. It was created in conjunction with the rise of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s-1980s.
The Great Wall of Los Angeles also places emphasis on the history of Native Americans and minorities with sections depicting events such as Japanese internment and civil rights.
The California Cultural and Historical Endowment recently set aside funding for the Great Wall to be restored over the next three years[1].
Baca is also designing plans to extend and continue the wall to reflect the 1960s to the present day[2].
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Garden of Dreams for the Future it is called.
1440 feet....
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