Access Conditions The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, rjdunitz@comcast.net. The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Resolution 18.6 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 32.1 cm at 300dpi

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Title Corrido de Boyle Heights, Boyle Heights, 1984

Description Corrido de Boyle Heights, Boyle Heights, 1984. Payless Shoes, exterior, 2336 Brooklyn Place at Soto (southwest corner), Boyle Heights. A Corrido is a traditional ballad-style Mexican song. In the current mural, local musician Margarito Gutierrez (descendant of mariachi Vargas de Teclitlan) is playing his virtuoso fiddle while El Piporro plays the accordion. Joe Alaniz (1933-1967) tears himself away from his shrimp and garlic to enjoy the music, and a newly-wed couple dances. This mural is at least the third to occupy this same wall. In about 1974, Frank Romero covered 200 square feet with a whimsical spray can heart. In 1978 the Citywide Mural Project brought together several artists to paint Our People (70' x 16'). Among those involved were John Valadez, Barbara Carrasco, Glenna Boltuch (Avila), Carlos Callejo, Leo Limon, George Yepes, and Rod Sakai. In the early 1980s that mural was destroyed when new earthquake codes required Payless Shoes to add steel H-beams and make other improvements to its unreinforced masonry building. Acrylic on stucco, 17' x 80' (1400 square feet), by East Los Streetscapers (David Botello, Wayne Healy, George Yepes), assisted by Paul Botello, David Morin, and Ismael Cazarez. Sponsored by Payless Shoe Source. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 317, #68.

Subject Ballads (lcsh), Folk music (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial 2336 Brooklyn Place at Soto (roadways), Boyle Heights (populated places), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1984

Inherited Subject Ballads (lcsh), Folk music (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Relation References Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993 (book), Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998 (book)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Date Created 1984