The Lawrence Times: Mural to honor La Yarda completed; installation, unveiling set for September

Photo by Molly Adams

Gardens, children playing basketball, and a mischievous chicken illustrate the community of La Yarda in a mural to be installed soon.

Lawrence artist Javy Ortiz has finished painting six panels to honor La Yarda, an East Lawrence housing unit where Mexican American railroad workers and their families lived in 1920-51.

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