Park View, D.C.

If you’ve ever been on Adams Mill Road just north of Columbia Road and looked at the side of the Kogibow Bakery, you’ll have noticed the large mural on the side of the building titled “Un pueblo sin murales es un pueblo desmuralizado” (“A people without murals are a demuralized people.”). It was originally designed and executed in the mid-1970s by brothers Caco and Renato Salazar.  When the 2011 earthquake occurred, the owner of Kogibow Bakery had to repair structural damage externally which resulted in damage to the mural. You can see the extent of the damage before efforts began in April 2014 to restore the mural in an article from the CityPaper that provides more details about the project. There is also a WAMU feature from 2012 that is worth listening to, which also provides some history about the mural.

The photo above shows the mural as it looks today, after restoration. The plaque below accompanies the mural.

This entry was posted on April 7, 2015 at 7:01 am and is filed under Art, Murals. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.

Tags: Adams Morgan, historic preservation, Lanier Heights, Murals, public art