Encino Day 2021

“Encino – An Homage”- EXPLAINED
 

August 5, 1769  marked the day the Portola Expedition came over the Sepulveda Pass, into what Friar Juan Crespi named, Rancho Los Encinos/Oaks).
The Mural highlights milestones and landmarks only in the city of Encino.
 

- The Acorn, or Oak nut is featured center, with saplings and roots sprawling throughout the original,
- Plat map of 1873.
- Jose Vicente de la Ossa, Founder
- Garnier building of 1869 - On Ventura Blvd., from the Garnier Brothers, from Encino’s French period.
- RKO Studios, aka Encino Movie Ranch (1929 - 1959) - Considered one of the Big Five Motion Picture Production houses along with MGM, Warner Brothers, Universal, and 20th Century Fox. Featured are four of their more familiar Blockbusters with actual movie posters of:
- 1933 "King Kong"- A Science-Fiction pioneer, breaking all the norms of Motion Pictures at the time.
- 1937 "Hunchback 2000 Encino Commons, of Notre Dame"– You thought you were in France…NOT!  It was Encino.
- 1941 "Citizen Kane" – Epic film about the Media.
- 1947 "It's a Wonderful Life"-Featured the housing tract of homes under construction , bordered by Burbank Blvd., White Oak Ave., Ventura Blvd. and Louise Ave, in the movie.
- 1941 Sepulveda Dam & Recreation Center– Constructed after the 2nd flooding of Encino in 1938. Standing 57 feet tall, it can be seen from the 405 and 101 Freeways. The recreation area features three golf courses, a wild-life animal preserve, Japanese garden, sports complex, Balboa Lake & Reclamation plant, and even a remote-control airplane/jet field.
- Miracle Mile - A corridor of the Valley’s premier shops, specialists and eateries.
- 2028 Olympics - Featuring the Encino Velodrome and home of the 1961 and ’62 US National Championships in Cycling. During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, it served as a practice space for the world’s Olympic Cyclists., It is till located on Oxnard & Louise today.
 

Our goal of $12,000 is a lofty one. Even with the generosity of Big Wave Express’ $6,000 contribution.
 

This Mural Production is expensive, considering the heavy equipment rentals necessary to tackle the job, and ensuring a Quality Team.  The  idea began early January of this year.  January 10, 2021 is when , pen went to paper.  When times weren’t looking as good as they are now.  February 15th, the date of June 19th was selected for the unveiling.  It is nod to Liberating our minds, emotions and bodies from the invisible “chains and shackles” many  have been in since 2020, the year of Hindsight,
 

Your support means a great deal to all of the Artists and Production Team who sacrificed their time, blood, sweat and tears. Literally from January through June. Your appreciation goes a long way.  May it be reciprocated in a manner that helps you!
 https://gofund.me/b9e6cf3a 

Thank you,
 

Writing On The Walls, LLC