I have driven through Echo Park a thousand times during which it is impossible to miss the huge mural that completely covers the commercial bulding at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue. The intersection is named for Leo Politi, an Italian-American artist and author who lived in Echo Park at 845 East Edgeware Road (a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, No. 218). In March 1996, Politi passed away in the house, however his memory lives on in several local locations in addition to the Leo Politi Square, including the Monticillo de Leo Politi Park, and the Leo Politi Elementary School.

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Walls in many of the small businesses in downtown Lancaster, California are replete with colorful murals, many with aviation themes. The mural depicts "Brigadier General Charles (Chuck) E. Yaeger portrait and the jet he broke the Sound Barrier, X-1 "Glamorous Glennis". WW2 Ace and US Test pilot stationed at Muroc (later renamed- Edwards AF Base) Lake Aircraft Test Center". Located at Date Avenue and Lancaster Boulevard, Lancaster, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.

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