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Exploring the Murals of San Juan’s Santurce District in Seven Photos

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

Miami has Wynwood; New York has the Bowery Graffiti Wall. And in Puerto Rico, there’s no better place to see street art than in San Juan, where the gritty quarter of Santurce has become a canvas for striking large-scale work by local and international artists.

Mounted as part of the arts festival Santurce Es Ley (Santurce is law), the contemporary art installation got its start five years ago, and now a trove of murals has transformed the once-neglected neighborhood into a vibrant urban gallery.

CJ recently took a stroll along Calle Cerra, where most of the paintings are found, and here’s what we saw:

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