Lemon Street Overpass Murals

2012 | Best Saved Murals

Painted during the 1970s at the height of the Chicano mural movement, these simple, innocuous images--the Virgin of Guadalupe, a woman in a fedora, a lowrider, among others--painted on an overpass that connects a Fullerton neighborhood to Lemon Park were slated for destruction by the City Council, especially by then-councilman, now-Supervisor Shawn Nelson. Instead, public uproar not only saved the murals, but also led to funding to restore them--that hasn't happened yet, but... More »