Cartoon characters, balloons, and bears, oh my!

That twisted version of a childhood saying fits Balloon Land, at 137 W. 29th Street. They've upgraded their murals from the ones I photographed in 2010. Here are views starting from the north side and wrapping around to the south end of the west side:

I took these photos on September 16th.

Fourth mural at Trinity Presbyterian

We've posted murals on the west side and east side of of Trinity Presbyterian Church (400 E. University). But somehow I missed this mural on the north side:

I took the photo on September 18th.

Ornaments on 29th

It's a bit too early for Christmas tree ornaments (despite some stores displaying their holiday merchandise since Labor Day...). But these ornaments decorate the south side of 29th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues) in South Tucson all year:

The other side of Simplicity

Two and a half years ago, in a post titled Simplicity, we showed the south side of the art gallery at 1416 S. 6th Avenue. Here's the east side — facing 6th Avenue:

I took the photo on September 16th of this year.

Pico de Gallo reinvented

The classic South Tucson restaurant Pico de Gallo (at 2618 South 6th) has a new mascot near the door on the east end of the north side:

(There's a photo of the previous mural on our September 23, 2011 post.) I took this photo on September 16th.

Fly By Night at TUS

Tucson International Airport is a great place to see art! Unfortunately, some of it is in secured areas where you need a plane ticket to see the art. We usually don't cover murals in locations that aren't accessible to the public without paying, having a ticket, etc. But I decided to post this one because it's an example of the great art you can see at TIA if you do have a ticket:

It's titled Fly By Night, dated 2008, by Santa Theresa Tile Works. The different colors of light around the mural make it look strange in a photo, but it's great in person. It's on the B concourse, near the men's room between gates B3 and B4. I took the photo on November 10th.

Barrio Centro salute for Veterans Day

This gate is at the north end of the wall in front of El Campo Estates, 1610 S. Country Club. I took the photo on September 11, 2012.

Along 36th in South Tucson...

...just west of 5th Avenue is this streetside mural:

I rode by on September 16th.

Murals on the Azores

Ponta Delgada is one of the main cities on the Azores, the Portuguese islands in the Atlantic west of continental Europe. Though we usually post Tucson murals on this blog, I thought you'd enjoy seeing some of the lively mural scene on the streets around the port.

Most of these murals are dated 2011 or 2012, so I think the government might have had a hand in them as they sprouted so quickly. (If you'd like to know the exact locations, please ask. The original photos were all geotagged, but these online versions aren't.) I snapped these on November 1. (Tomorrow, it's back to our regularly scheduled murals.)

Frank's Auto Refinishing

The city of South Tucson has murals everywhere — including the auto body shop at 2120 S. 4th Avenue:

Although the north side wall is partly hidden from the street, it has a mural too:

The north-side mural is signed Todd Blum. I took the photos on September 16th.

Update (December 11, 2014): There's some new art here.

Vaketones Car Wash

This tile mural is on the wall of Vaketones car wash in South Tucson. I didn't see an address when I was there on September 16th, but it's the next building north of 2225 S. 4th Avenue.

Sun over a forest in South Tucson

I spotted this mural September 16th in a window at the northwest corner of 33rd Street and 4th Avenue in South Tucson.

Caution! Critter!

When I saw this triangular mural at 2432 S. 4th in South Tucson on September 16th, I thought of the warning signs used in the UK and Europe. They're triangle-shaped with an image of whatever you’re being warned about. I found this photo on fotopedia.com # Road Sign used in UK (1) (Roy Higson) / CC BY-NC 3.0

Cross Roads restaurant

This is the west end of the south side of Cross Roads restaurant, 2602 South 4th Avenue:

I was there on September 16th.

Update (September 1, 2017): The restaurant has (by now,at least) two “selfie boards” (what did we call self-portraits before “selfies”?). There are photos in today's entry Crossroads Selfie (maybe a mural part 78).

Surrounded by murals: our 700th post

A sort of mural museum wraps a parking lot for Plush on 4th Avenue. The parking lot is half a block south of 6th Street, between Herbert and 5th Avenues. Here are photos of all the murals, starting from the southeast corner and moving clockwise to the northeast corner:

Howard Rains took the photo of the trolley mural; we showed it here on May 25, 2011. I took the other photos on March 27 and April 16, 2012.

Flags and dancers in South Tucson

In South Tucson, on 4th Avenue just south of 36th Street, along the west side of the parking lot for Tucson Greyhound Park, is this mural:

It's in the same style as two murals along the north side of the parking lot. I snapped this photo on September 16 (after a rainy monsoon season, as you can see by all of the plants around the mural..).

The mural is signed at the lower right By: Temo / Martin Anthony / Sarah Gabrielle.

Fun wall just over the line

I found this just west of 10th Avenue on 25½ Street (which is the northern border between Tucson and South Tucson) on September 11, 2012.