Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: A woman in an early fashion shoot, titled a “Style Show” in the courtyard of the Hotel del Coronado. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
A woman in an early fashion shoot, titled a “Style Show” in the courtyard of the Hotel del Coronado. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: Moving the Oxford Hotel to the grounds of the Hotel Del Coronado. 1983. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: A hotel guest at the Hotel del Coronado leans over the balustrade on the second-story verandah overlooking the hotel’s interior courtyard. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: A woman in an early fashion shoot, titled a “Style Show” in the courtyard of the Hotel del Coronado. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: Moving the Oxford Hotel to the grounds of the Hotel Del Coronado. 1983. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: A hotel guest at the Hotel del Coronado leans over the balustrade on the second-story verandah overlooking the hotel’s interior courtyard. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida del Sol & Orange Avenue by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros Image: Mock-up of all images

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Where Orange Avenue becomes the Silver Strand, the Hotel del Coronado sits with its restored original entry across from the 1970s’ Coronado Shores condominiums. Also at this juncture is the island’s first hotel, the Oxford, built in 1888 as the Circle Bar Hotel. The Circle Bar Hotel was originally located at Orange Avenue and First Street. Renamed the Oxford Hotel in 1911 the building was moved to Ynez Place, where it subsequently operated for 50 years as a dormitory for Hotel Del employees. In 1983 it was moved again, to its present location at the Hotel Del for restoration.

The Grande Dame Hotel del Coronado has drawn visitors to the special island of Coronado for over 130 years to enjoy both the hotel’s amenities and the exceptional island community.
● North face: A woman in an early fashion shoot, titled a “Style Show” in the courtyard of the Hotel del Coronado. Date unknown. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
● West face: A hotel guest at the Hotel del Coronado leans over the balustrade on the second-story verandah overlooking the hotel’s interior courtyard. N.d. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.
● Southeast faces: Moving the Oxford Hotel to the grounds of the Hotel Del Coronado. 1983. Coronado Historical Association Collection. Rights reserved.

Art Outside the Box: Take 2 is the second iteration of artful wraps on the Caltrans signal boxes along Orange Avenue in Coronado. This project, a collaboration sponsored by the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission uses historic photographs featuring scenes from the surrounding area which are enhanced graphically with pops of color. The photo selection was completed by Coronado High School interns at the Coronado Historical Association (CHA) using historical images that reside in their collection, and graphics were done by Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) interns.

Other Work From Coronado Cultural Arts Commission and artist Rebekka Siqueiros

Art Outside the Box Take 2: Avenida de Las Arenas and Silver Strand by Sophia Hodges, Rebekka Siqueiros
Art Outside the Box Take 2: Pomona and Silver Strand by Jasmine Lo, Rebekka Siqueiros
See all artwork from Coronado Cultural Arts Commission