At The Close of Day - Long Beach, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 33° 46.938 W 118° 10.494
11S E 391221 N 3738638
It looks like you can walk out of Long Beach and right into Cambodia in this mural on the side of a Cambodian Restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMBNPW
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2011
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This mural is on the side of the New Paradise Restaurant...a Cambodian place in a neighborhood with many Southeast Asian immigrants.
The mural depicts the ruins of typical Cambodian temples...walk over the threshhold into a village. Is that Ankhor Wat in the distance? and that city beyond the river on the right...Siem Reap, perhaps?
A plaque at the site indicates that the artist is Guillermo Avalos and is dated 2008. It was sponsored by the City of Long Beach and other agencies. There is a long list of "artist assistants".
Read about the mural's dedication at (
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