Great Wall of Los Angeles | |
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Artist | Judy Baca |
Year | 1978 |
Type | Public Art, Mural |
Medium | Paint on Concrete |
Subject | History of California |
Dimensions | 4.0 m × 840 m (13 feet × 2754 feet) |
Location | Los Angeles |
34°10′34″N 118°24′51″W / 34.17620°N 118.41408°W | |
Website | sparcinla |
The Great Wall of Los Angeles | |
Location | Coldwater Canyon Avenue Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Coordinates | 34°10′45″N 118°24′50″W / 34.179084°N 118.413782°W |
NRHP reference No. | 100001602 |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 2017 |
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The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a 1978 mural designed by Judith Baca and executed with the help of over 400 community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).[1] The mural, on the concrete banks of Tujunga Wash in the San Fernando Valley was Baca's first mural[2] and SPARC's first public art project.[3] Under the official title of The History of California,[4] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.