New Mural Painted in Hillcrest

Native San Diegan Cody Griffith is painting a wall alongside Richmond Street

A coffee shop in Hillcrest is adding a little color to the neighborhood block.

Filter Coffee House on University Avenue has commissioned San Diego native Cody Griffith to paint a mural on the corner of Richmond Street. 

The coffee shop is providing Griffith with supplies, and in exchange he can paint whatever he’d like.

β€œPart of the project is that he gets full reign of what he wants to do with it,” said Steve Price of Filter Coffee House.

The same artist also painted a mural less than a mile away alongside Crest CafΓ© on Robinson Avenue.

Price said he’s hoping the mural will be completed by the weekend.

The neighborhood is no stranger to public art. Across the street from Filter is a chalkboard wall that allows people to write about what they want to do before they die. The city also added a multi-colored bicycle corral as part of the initiative to encourage residents to bike to local businesses.

Famous graffiti artist Shepard Fairey also had a mural in Hillcrest on Fifth Avenue three years ago, but it was later covered by a building.

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