Highland Park is two stops further along the Metro Gold line from the station I use, but it might as well been on Mars. Until today I had never gone there–only gone through it.
It’s an old working class Latino neighborhood of mostly small California Craftsman bungalows. But then the Gold Line came through the heart of Highland Park and the artists in the area apparently decided to show their works to commuters by painting murals on buildings facing the Gold Line as well as express their heritage.
Thanks to the local artists who created all these murals near the Metro Line. They make up for the fact that the so-called art at the Gold Line station in Highland Park is among the most boring on the whole system. Even the Indiana station has more interesting art.
Highland Park is also becoming a hipper, trendy area among artists although it retains much of its traditional Mexican flavor.
Rents are still lower than other areas, so in addition a strong art influence in the neighborhood there are also new restaurants and coffee houses, in addition to all the old taco joints and dollar stores.
Because I took so many photos I’m going to split this post up into two parts in order to show more murals, some of which were created by professionally trained artists and a few created by amateurs in the neighborhood.
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