Atwater Village News - blog

Friends of Atwater Village (FAV) has been awarded a Community Beautification Grant through the L.A. Department of Public Works which will fund a new graffiti abatement mural at the historic “Vince’s Market” building at 3250 Silver Lake Blvd, at the corner of Silver Lake Blvd. and Atwater Ave. The theme of the new mural will be “Past, Present and Future”.

This newest grant marks the 8^th time FAV has been awarded a Community Beautification Grant. In the past FAV has been awarded grants to fund such community project as:

• “Atwater Ranch Market” mural at 3111 Glendale Blvd;
  
•  “Blot the Blight” mural and
  
• “Blot the Blight Parkway” landscape at 2707 Fletcher Dr;
  
• “Atwater Village” waste receptacles on Glendale Blvd;
  
• “Flower Containers” on Glendale Blvd;
  
• “Revisiting the Red Car” mural at the Red Car River Park / Los Angeles River and the
  
• “Acresite Water Willow Gate” at Acresite Street / Los Angeles River.
  

The “Past, Present and Future” mural will depict historic images of the Silver Lake Blvd and Atwater Ave area. Such images will include the original Atwater Avenue Elementary School building and the original façade of the Vince’s Market, both circa 1950.

FAV has commissioned muralist Rafael Escamilla for the newest mural. Rafael has worked with FAV on other mural projects such as the “Dover Street” mural, the “Atwater Ranch Market” mural, the “Blot the Blight” mural, the “Revisiting the Red Car” mural and the “Trains Shaping History” mural.

For more information this project or about FAV please contact us at 323.913.2999 or at favboard@friendsofatwatervillage.org.