Grevillea Art Park
230 S. Grevillea Ave.
Inglewood, California
Grevillea Art Park
230 S. Grevillea Ave.
Inglewood, California
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The History of Transportation by Helen Lundeberg shows the history of human transportation in the Centinela Valley, including Inglewood. The mural demonstrates technological changes in transportation from walking to horses and carts, to railroads and propeller-driven airplanes.
The History of Transportation was a commission from the Federal Works Progress Administration and the largest mural in that program.
The mural, now in Grevillea Art Park, was originally sited along one of Inglewood's most traveled commuter arteries. After car accidents destroyed two of the sixty panels, a multifaceted, four-year conservation effort began. Artisans constructed replacement panels for the originals, acknowledging the replacements with an intentionally simplified mosaic style. After restoration, the mural was re-sited on specially landscaped City property as the primary work in Grevillea Art Park. It faces Inglewood High School along the City's busy Manchester Boulevard.
Lundeberg's original drawings for The History of Transportation are in the collection of the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. Art Conservator Rosa Lowinger details the enormous effort of restoration, made possible by the City, the Getty Conservation Institute, and many individuals in her podcast.