Early February 2026

Introduction

The Calle Cerra neighborhood in the Santurce section of San Juan has gone all in for wall art. I’ve documented some of the art there in the past. Here is an update, with occassional comparsions to works now gone.

South of Avenida Juan Ponce de Leon

The artwork begins in the first block, south of Avenida Juan Ponce de Leon. Here are a couple of examples.

This was on the upper story of a building across a narrow street. I do not yet know how to correct the keystone effect caused by pointing the camera up to get the image. Learning how to do that will be next week’s project.

This is on the wall above Cafe Julietta, a nice place to have a meal. The space seems to have been claimed by a particular artist. Here is one of her earlier works in this spot.

This was taken before Cafe Julietta took over and renovated the first floor, part of the continuing gentrification of the neighborhood. By the way, you can see an earlier post about Calle Cerra here.

South of Avenida Fernandez Juncos

Calle Cerra continues south for two or three more short blocks. The heart of the street art is in this area. Here are some examples.

Here is a garage door decorated in the Calle Cerra style. Check out my earlier post featuring shutter art here.

It is unusual to see black and white wall art but here is one example from lower Calle Cerra.

This is actually one short block east of lower Calle Cerra – the wall art has expanded to neighboring streets and businesses.

Planet Pizza PR can be found on lower Calle Cerra. Again, the black and white is unusual.

The two parked cars in front of this wall provide an idea of the size of this mural. Here is an earlier mural from the same spot.

This mural, by Danae Brissonet, was replaced by the one just above. I spent some time with Photoshop and, starting with the image above, created the next image.

The neighborhood feature entire buildings pained in the Calle Cerra style. Here is one.

There was at one time a hjghly regarded Italian restaurant (Grazianos, I think) on the first floor of this building. I did not notice if it is still open.

Speaking of restaurants. there is now a sushi place a block east of lower Calle Cerra. This is a sure sigh of the continuing gentrification of the area.

This is on the outside wall of a sushi restaurtant just east of lower Calle Cerra.

The mural here is on Calle Cerra. Parked cars and trucks are the bane of a wall art photographer.

A vaguely Orintal-looking woman on a mural on lower Calle Cerra.

Now, every neighborhood needs a good hardware store (Ferreteria). The Ferreteria on Calle Cerra is all in with the mural idea.

Here is one nore from the hardware store, on the wall to the right of the image just above.

Again, parked cars are a nusiance for my photography. By the way, here is the Ferreteria in an older scheme.

So there you have it – more evidence of the vibrant art scene on Calle Cerra. If you come visit, I will take you there. All it will cost you is a beer or two – I get thirsty doing all that walking.

Notes and Sources

The images are all mine. I use a Sony point and shoot digital camera, and edit my images with Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop. I crop, adjust levels, resize, and sometimes increase vibrance and/or saturtion levels.