Olvera Street
Pedestrian marketplace of Mexican stalls and cafes, hiding a mural once whitewashed by the city.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Olvera Street in Los Angeles centers on a mural painted in October 1932 by Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, high above the marketplace that socialite Christine Sterling had spent two years fighting to save. It follows the gap between what Sterling wanted from the wall and what Siqueiros actually painted, and what officials did to the visible section within months of its unveiling. Look up toward the second floor of the old Italian hall to see where the image once stood in plain sight.
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