Murals on privately owned buildings
Oscar Eagle, 70, visits some of the murals he helped organize in 1973 that decorate the homes in Estrada Courts, located at Olympic Boulevard and Lorena Street in Boyle Heights. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
“Steve McQueen Monument” by Kent Twitchell is at 1606 W. 12th St. in Los Angeles. The artist supports a proposed ordinance that would lift the city’s decade-old ban on virtually all original murals on private property. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Oscar Eagle glides past some of the murals he helped organize in 1973 that decorate the homes in Estrada Courts. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Zarion Smith, 12, carries his 2-year-old sister Rylei past the murals that decorate their home in Estrada Courts. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Isabel Rojas-Williams, left, art historian and executive director of Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, and muralists Kent Twitchell and Willie Herron III support a proposed ordinance that would lift the city’s decade-old ban on virtually all original murals on private property. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)