CUKSON: Like TUCSON murals: designs in letters

This CUKSON mural, seen through the gate at Splinter Collective…

… is similar to TUCSON murals with faces and other designs inside the letters, like these:

• Greetings
• Murals being made, part 77: TUCSON is back

Here's the overall photo above, cropped to show people in the “CU” at the left side:

Lucky Salway messaged me on Facebook May 27, 2023 that he and Sal of Wagon Burner Arts painted it.

Murrrrrrrral

The rrrrrr in the title is the sound of a small engine at H&H Small Engine Repair 😁…

Great idea: mural in a window

Have a window people can see in that you want to keep dark? Instead of buying blackout curtains or blinds, try a mural on something like a board!

I found these on the west side of Arizona Avenue, just south of Broadway, on April 7th. I think they might be for the bar named Prohibición.

Dirty T Tamarindo on St. Marys

The Tucson Foodie article 'Dirty T Tamarindo' to open a brick-and-mortar on the west side tells about the candy — based on recipes from Hermosillo, Sonora — and how it's spread from locations around Tucson to a store on St. Marys Road. Here's the store on December 16, 2023:

That day, I was so interested in the goodies inside that I forgot to take photos of other murals surrounding the little building. So I came back on May 26, 2024 for more goodies and more photos:

(“Dirty T” is a name for Tucson.)

Google Maps didn't want to show the address 1211 W. Saint Marys Road in the box below, at the end of this post; it changes that to Menlo Plaza Shopping Center. The link in that sentence is to Bing Maps.

1702 - It was the address

On July 21, as I was photographing the six new murals along Speedway (the photos are coming soon!), I noticed a mural painted on what looked like a weathered piece of plywood on the west side of the building two blocks west of Campbell, on the south side of Speedway:

A sign along the sidewalk near the mural had the business name at top:

Google Maps Street View shows the store open in April, 2022 — and an AVAILABLE sign on the empty storefront during April, 2023. Here's the storefront last month:

Since at least 2022, the sign has said “1702 - It’s The Address”.

La protección

The owner of & Gallery, Go Off Tiger — her Instagram, @go.off.tiger, says she's also called Cynthia Irasema (Naugle) — had this art on the front of the gallery while it was still on 4th Avenue April 7, 2024:

(As always, you can click on an image for a slideshow of larger views.)

The gallery has since moved to 834 South 6th Avenue.

Oralia Coffee+Kitchen: See it while you can

Oralia Coffee+Kitchen, at the northwest corner of 6th Street & 6th Avenue, had this burning bush mural on the north side of their lot when I stopped by on December 16, 2023:

The business closed. I've been watching to see if they re-open. But, as of July 2024, there's a For Lease sign. If the new owners don't keep the mural, and you'd like to see it in person, go soon!

The artist doesn't give his name on his Instagram page, @antoniotheartist_art. It looks like he travels to paint and teach; his page says “14 yrs experience in leading & utilizing creative mediums to expose people to a Living God.” His small signature is at the top right corner of the mural: