27th Street Substation

Antonio Pazos Jimenez · Miguel Zavaleta & Marcos Hernandez · S. 10th Ave & 27th

On the corner of S. 10th Ave and 27th Street, the Tucson Electric Power substation is wrapped in a full block of mural. It’s been there long enough that a 1994 Tucson Citizen article covered it — and parts of it look that age. The faded figures on the white wall, signed by Miguel A. Zavaleta R. and Marco A. Hernandez, show colonial ships, historical portraits, and an indigenous dancer. On the darker panels, Antonio Pazos Jimenez’s work takes a different direction entirely: a double-headed serpent rendered in mosaic-style stone, and a richly detailed Aztec sun stone floating in a starfield.

Based on the images, it’s hard to envision. Have you been there?

📍 S. 10th Ave & 27th St · South Tucson · Year unknown

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