Surfing Madonna removed; no damage
23rd June 2011
Crews on Wednesday night removed the Surfing Madonna mosaic from the base of a train bridge on Encinitas Boulevard.
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
The piece depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe on a surfboard with the words “Save the Ocean” down the side. Patterson and another person installed the mosaic April 22 without permission from the city.
The mosaic, however, is graffiti under Encinitas municipal code, and city officials said it must come down.
‘All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.’ — Benito Mussolini