The Legacy of Cesar Chavez

One not easily found, because it is in an industrial area off Benson Highway, is the PPEP mural that honors Cesar Chavez and also depicts the original 1957 Chevy bus “La Tortuga” (tortoise) that was used when PPEP started in 1967. The artist is Luis Mena.

Submitted by Neil Amstutz

Update (September 9, 2012): Thanks to Google and an article about the PPEP Farmworker Hall of Fame, I (Jerry) found the mural. It's at 802 E. 46th Street.

Update (July 18, 2024): Google Maps Street View shows that the mural was still there during April, 2022:

A"maze"ing Mural

Directly across Ajo from Hollinger Elementary (133 W. Ajo) is this office building with a silhouette of a Native American gathering fruit from the top of a saguaro cactus. There is also a Native American and a bird and the Tohono O’odham “man in the maze”. Artist unknown. Submitted by Neil Amstutz

Update (September 16, 2012): The mural has been painted over in bright green (to match other buildings nearby) and this is now a T-Mobile store.

Update (July 18, 2024): Since 2012 (according to Google Maps Street View), the wall has either been a solid red color or had advertising signs.

It's Elementary, My Dear Hollinger.

Submitted by Neil Amstutz:

"At Hollinger Elementary near 6th and Ajo

is this mural that appears weathered by

our desert sun. An Arizona flag appears

with smaller flags of America and Mexico

overlaid on it. There is also a saguaro

cactus, a palm tree and some depictions

of desert creatures. Artist(s) unknown."

Don't Pooh-Pooh Cartoon Murals

Neil Amstutz submitted the pictures below and wrote:

"At Park Avenue and 30th Street is a

yellow building with Winnie the Pooh

overlooking a dirt lot that may have

been for a day care."

On the block wall on the opposite side of the dirt lot

is a long stretch of popular characters that include

Jiminy Cricket, Oscar the Grouch, Dalmations, Huey,

Dewey and Louie, Cars characters, Tigger, Mickey

Mouse, Pinocchio, Pokemon characters and a few others.

The artist's name is written 'by Billy Sanchezs'."

Update (June 11, 2017): Randy had made the intersection (Park Avenue and 30th Street) into a link to a Google map. That link didn't work anymore. So I've put the exact street address in the "Location" line below; If you'd like to see a map, click it.

Also, the most recent Google StreetView, October 2016, shows that the business is named My Little Angels Daycare. That StreetView also shows that the first mural in this blog entry (Winnie the Pooh) was still there. The second mural had been covered with some play equipment and at least one fence.

Holy Mural! It's Painted Over!?!

Neil Amstutz e-mailed this photo and wrote that this mural "used to be on Alvernon south of 29th street on the tattoo parlor. The wall has since been painted white unfortunately. I do not know how long the mural had been there." Amstutz took the photo in May 2007.

Does anyone know the artist? If so, please leave a comment at the end of this post. (You can remain anonymous.)

Update (July 18, 2024): The photo looks very similar to the current Ancient Art Tattoo at 2108 South Alvernon Way.

September 11th Mural: Painted Over

Neil Amstutz wrote about this mural that it "used to be at Mission and Ajo at Pancho & Angie’s tire shop. Unfortunately, I could not get there any time when the lighting was decent [or] that someone wasn’t parked in front of the mural. It showed the Twin Towers. Also unfortunately, this mural was also painted over this past summer. I think it had been there since early 2002."

If you know the artist's name, please leave a comment below. (You can remain anonymous.)

Update (July 20, 2024): I tried to find the business address to put a marker on this blog's mural map. On YellowPages.com, I found P & A Tire and Auto Service, 3761 S. Mission Road, at the northeast corner with Ajo Way. (It's actually closer to Ajo than to Mission.) The listing says P & A has been in business for 21 years; this photo from 2008 is now 16 years old.

God is in the Details... & the Mural

This mural is located on "westbound Broadway at Columbus. This mural is still there."

Submitted by Neil Amstutz

If you know the artist's name, please e-mail me: randygarsee@gmail.com

Update (April 12, 2012): The artist is Cindy Guare.