Making Paper with Victor

213 S. Spring Street

Tony Sheets, 1988

Another day of jury duty, I wandered about the Central City area again...

3rd Street between Spring and Main

Eloy Torrez

Mural: The big O in L.A.

I'm on jury duty in Downtown this week, and whenever I get free parking in DTLA I make it a point to explore. I found this here Olympic mural in a little parking lot on Broadway, between 2nd and 3rd Streets.  Did you know "olympic" is a copyrighted word? Anyway, this is from the 1984 summer sports games (that's a term you can use instead of the big O word) that took place right here in the damn fine City of Angels. What a beautiful mural! I tried to get close-ups of my favorite bits: The coliseum. Los Mexicanos. Check out the amazing nude male and female forms in the center. The 80s sho did know how to make a damn good mural. Too bad a lot of the 80s era murals in L.A. Have been tagged over or and/or ghosted completely. I'm happy I found this one before any more damage can be done. Enjoy.