Monday, December 16, 2024

The (almost) latest at 191-197 East Toole

It's hard to stay up to date with the weirdly-shaped building at the weird intersection of 6th Avenue, Toole Avenue, and Alameda Street downtown. I've been there so many times that I've lost count. But new murals keep popping up, so we keep posting! I took these photos during the second half of 2024.

Southwest side

This is the side of the building along Toole Avenue. First, the whole side on November 10:
As always, you can click on a photo for a larger view. We've shown parts of this side of the building in our page called Layers of murals: histories of a few walls, the section Southwest side of 191-197 East Toole (along Toole).

A couple of things have changed since our last post on January 17, 2024. One is at the middle of the wall: the front of Studio One. Here are the whole front and a closeup of the door on July 21st:


Near the right (southeast) end is the BLX skateboard and tattoo shop. July 21st again:
The south end of the wall is new…
…but the south corner (between the southwest and southeast walls) hasn't changed:

East side

The curb between the building and the 6th Avenue underpass has been painted. (Maybe it's been that way for years and I didn't notice because I was focused on the big murals along the wall). Next are a view from near the building's south end, then closeups from front (west) to back (east):


You can find phootos of the east wall, next to the curb, over the past 20 years or so, in East side of 197 East Toole. It's part of our page Layers of murals: histories of a few walls.

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