Great Wall of Los Angeles

Great Wall of Los Angeles
The northern terminus of The Great Wall of Los Angeles at the intersection of Oxnard Street and Coldwater Canyon Avenue, December 2024
Artist	Judy Baca
Year	1978 (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
Coordinates	34°10′34″N 118°24′51″W / 34.17620°N 118.41408°W / 34.17620; -118.41408
Website	sparcinla.org/programs/the-great-wall-mural-los-angeles/
The Great Wall of Los Angeles
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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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 / 34.179084; -118.413782
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.