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Por Que And Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987
title Por Que And Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987description Por que and Roots, Boyle Heights, 1987. Fairmont [sic] Street and Fickett Street, exterior, Boyle Heights. In the mural on Fairmount (Por Que), the Virgin is overseeing a Latino youth dying from street violence in the arms of two friends as the grim reaper stands at his feet specter-like. In the all-brown Roots on Fickett Street, the trunk of the three is composed of figures and faces representing aspects of Chicano history. Acrylic, by Daniel Martinez. Sponsored by Community Youth Gang Services. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 306, #51.contributor Calisphere