I hadn't seen a mural that was repainted so some of it changed and some of it stayed the same — except the three versions of this one. On November 5 (which was U.S. Election Day), we showed one of those shape-shifting murals on the north side of Speedway in the post
Artsy mural replaced by (similar) political mural. It showed the first version as well as the second version, which had KAMALA in big letters.
Five days after the election — November 10th — KAMALA became TUCSON:
That day, BG Boyd caught drone footage of an artist — probably either
@lalocota or
@icuart1 — making the change:
(BG's murals website is
tucsonazmurals.com.)
Here's the mural from ground level on November 15th:
If you'd like to see the original first version of the mural, it's in our February 25, 2020 post
"Corazon Saguaro" (Saguaro Heart): Banner mural #3 of 5.
Two other changes I noticed: The wildcat became a cactus with a flame behind, and the signature moved from the bottom left in the first version to the bottom right in the latest version:
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