Great Wall of Los Angeles

Monumental 1970s mural retelling California's history from the perspective of marginalized communities – listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 2017.

The Great Wall of Los Angeles is one of the longest murals in the world – a half-mile fresco epic running along the Tujunga Wash flood control channel in North Hollywood. Launched in 1976 by artist Judy Baca and SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center), it was painted by hundreds of youths from marginalized communities who together depicted California's history through the eyes of its often overlooked peoples. Scene by scene, the images chronicle the displacement of Indigenous peoples, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the rise of the Chicano civil rights movement. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 2017, the mural continues to be restored and expanded.