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START at the Northcoast Co-op on 4th and B street. Please park on the street and not in the Co-op parking lot. Cross the street at the crosswalk, watch for traffic! Proceed to the corner of 4th and A to view the mural, “Abundant Harvest.”
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Walk south and west to the corner of 5th and A street to view the mural, “Mama Whale” on the wall of the Moore’s Sleepworld building. This is one of Eureka's first murals.
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Head south to 6th, turn left, and go east towards the Northcoast Repertory Theater building on 6th and C. check out the "Harvey Harper" antique cars mural along the way. Walk down the alley behind the Theater building, and you’ll see a theater-themed mural along the Starbucks drive-through. |
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Walk back to 5th street to get to 5th and F parking lot to view the “Inharmonious Mural” aka “Not a Victorian Seaport” themed mural from the Rural Burl Mural Bureau (RBMB).
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Head south on F towards the Morris Graves museum, passing the corner of 6th and F where the mural, “Across the Fruited Plain” has been painted over. It's GONE FOREVER!
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At the corner of 6th and F, notice the drum sculpture. This is one of the Pacific Rim Sculptor's Group collection from Jan Milstead, recently donated to the City of Eureka, and can actually be played like a drum. Several other sculptures from the collection can be seen along the tour.
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Cross 6th street, heading south. In the alley between the Morris Graves museum and the Eureka Theater, view the mural, “Indian Island: the sun set twice on the people,” by Alme Allen and Brian Tripp. |
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| Click here to visit the Morris Graves Museum of Art - home of the Humboldt Arts Council |
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Go to 6th street, take a left, and walk a few blocks east to H street to view the “Jungle Plants” mural on the Vision Center wall facing the Wells Fargo parking lot at 6th and H street. View from acrosss the street.
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Turn north and continue on H street to the Main Post Office. Take a left into the alley to view the mural “Building Architecture” by the RBMB that is on the side of the Expert Tire Company building. |
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Continue north on H street to 4th, pausing to view the “Performing Arts” mural by C. R. Spicer facing the parking lot on 4th between H and G. |
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Cross 4th going north, and go east to cross H at the now-empty McMahon’s furniture building. Enter the alley by taking a right turm between the two McMahon’s buildings and go through to K street, taking care while crossing mid street at I and J. Peek through J to get a good view of the Courthouse mosaic mural. Nearby, look for a small brown shingle house with a wonderful, Japanese-inspired mural of white herons and frogs facing the alley. |
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Cross J street and continue through the alley to the Courthouse Market parking lot, at the AAA Bar outdoor seating area, turn around to view the mural, “Animals are People, too,” painted on the side of the market.
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Walk back east to I street and 3rd to view this mural that has several names: “The Shifted Victorian,” or “The Grey Victorian,” or “Victorian House on Two Buildings.” Look for the yellow footprints painted on the sidewalk and stand in them for best viewing. |
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Head east on 3rd to the public parking lot at the corner of 3rd and G, to see another new sculpture from the Milstead collection, one of seven donated to the city in May 2009. |
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South on G, to view the front of the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, the “Richard Sweasey Building” and admire the restoration work of the façade. Catch another view of the Spicer mural behind you, then enter the alley to the left to see the “Alley Cats” mural along the side of the building. |
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Walk down the alley to F street, turn around and admire the “The Grand Performance.” Notice the conductor’s cufflink! Check out another new Milstead collection sculpture at the corner of the parking lot. |
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Continue through the alleys to E street to find “No Barking at any Time." |
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Head north on E street to Clark Plaza, home of the sculpture, “Saga” by Melvin Shuler. |
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Along the way at 4th and E, notice the building facing the parking lot on the south west corner of the intersection. This is a new building that now covers one of my favorite murals, “Earthquake Aftermath.”
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Peek into the Opera Alley to see the mural “Nature and Life of a River,” by artist Larry Laitman, and the decorated dumpsters. Be sure to notice the theme of the decorations! (This picture was taken before the dumpsters got decorated. They're now all gussied up!)
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Next stop, the Romano Gabriel sculpture garden on 2nd between E and D: "People of the World"
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Continue back to the Co-op, stopping to view the the mural on the wall of The Studio gallery on 3rd street just past the corner of D. |
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Tasty refreshments at the Co-op Deli, coffee, teas, juices, smoothees!
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