![]() “It was an alien spacecraft in the air, it was a black sky, sucking up dolphins,” he said of the odd composition the homeowners wanted. One of his clients, a fireman, requested a picture of his deceased dog looking down from heaven.īut probably the strangest request was in Huntington Beach, Galbraith said. ![]() Custom requests include homeowners’ favorite cars, movie stars, and sports team and school logos (“I’ve done USC about 500 times,” he said). He works with spray paint and stencils, finding images he needs on the computer. ![]() He’s only recently begun working in San Pedro, where iconic images of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, the Angels Gate Lighthouse and Catalina Island are most popular. “The neighbors all see it and it’s like having to keep up with the Joneses,” he said. “In Manhattan Beach, it’s all about the pier,” he said of the most popular design there. He started out painting curbs on his own in Venice, Santa Monica and Playa del Rey.īut most of his time has been in the South Bay, with Manhattan Beach turning into his “gold mine.” After painting the regular black-Īnd-white numbers for people on curbs for a while, he moved to Huntington Beach and saw the full-color versions. His business – South Coast Art and Murals – started when he was laid off from his construction job in San Diego. “It’s a pretty fun job,” he says, comparing himself to Wyland, who paints whale murals throughout the area. The Long Beach man, who also works as a personal trainer, has been doing this for 15 years now – “Fifteen years and 15,000 curbs” – and says there’s no shortage of finding customers willing to pay $20 to $35 for a curb address scene. Galbraith, 48, seems to be doing all right. In about an hour, she’ll have a full-color scene with the Vincent Thomas Bridge and Catalina Island – along with her street number address – helping visitors and delivery trucks find her property.Īs he works, several neighbors come out with requests that he paint their curb fronts, too. With paints, stencils and other artist tools, he surveyed the canvas before him – a street curb in front of Mary Lou Martinez’s house. While you’re at it, the beautiful campus of University of Redlands, founded 1907, is worth a seeing.Dave Galbraith sat down in the street, ready for work. Redlands’ parks are perfect for picnicking, and are designed with this in mind. With a short drive, one can cruise by some famous homes, like “America’s Favorite Victorian” the Morey House, on Terracina Boulevard, see the stately homes of Olive Avenue, and Highland Avenue, the “Butler Belt” so known because at one time that was the most dense population of homes employing butlers in the City! You can visit Kimberly Crest House and Gardens, a home museum featured on the A&E Network’s series “America’s Castles” and don’t miss a walk through Prospect Park, just next door. Just to the west, one can stroll through the Smiley Park neighborhood, filled with turn-of-the-century bungalows as well as landmark homes. Smiley Public Library, a Moorish-style library built in 1898, and the Redlands Bowl, built in 1930 and home of the oldest continuously free outdoor concert series in California, are merely steps from historic downtown. Some of its most famous buildings, like A.K. ![]() Tree-lined State Street is still comprised primarily of beautiful historic buildings and locally-owned shops and boutiques. This is clear as you take a look around Redlands. Through the years the economy may have changed, but that special feeling of community in a small town hasn’t. For much of its history Redlands was the “Washington Navel Orange Growing Capital of the World” with the citrus industry as the main focus of its economy. Redlands – known in 1900 as “The City of Millionaires” and later as “The City of Beautiful Homes” welcomes you! Founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1888, Redlands is a quintessential “big town” with a “small town” feel. Welcome to the Beautiful City of Redlands.
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