Fact 1
Fact #1
Azusa Street is a Los Angeles Historical Site
In its “Millennium” issue, Life magazine described the beginnings of Pentecostalism in 1906 Los Angeles as No. 68 among its choice of the 100 most significant events to take place during the second millennium of Christianity. (1) What makes this movement so significant is that it currently has roughly 643,661,000 members, or 25% of all Christians worldwide. (2) This family of churches is second in size only to the Catholic Church. Yet most people, even in Los Angeles, know little if anything about it or its ...
Azusa Street Facts
Azusa Street Facts
Azusa Street is a Los Angeles Historical Site
Azusa Street is a Pentecostal Heritage Site
Azusa Street is a Valuable Pentecostal and Charismatic Pilgrimage Site
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Augmented reality
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality can transform the Wall into a virtual museum. Through the download of an app users will be able to point their smartphones at various images and icons on the wall giving them access to video, pictures, articles or other media about the Azusa Street Revival and other elements of the events and seasons depicted in the wall panels.
The Vision
“We have an opportunity to tell the whole and diverse story of Los Angeles, which is truly a city of multi-ethnic people.”
Judy Baca
The Concept
The Concept
The Wall Project will feature a series of interactive etchings and panel reliefs that will bring the Azusa Street Revival to life and set it within the larger context of the history and development of the Los Angeles area and Little Tokyo.
The Artist
The Artist
The Wall Project is being developed by renowned muralist Judy Baca. Judy is an American Chicana artist, activist, and University of California, Los Angeles professor of Chicana/o Studies in the School of Social Sciences and a professor of World Arts and Cultures in the School of Art and Architecture. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the Venice, California-based Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), a community arts center, and is best known as the director of the mural project that created one of the largest murals in the world, the Great ...
The Project – Headline
Azusa Street is located in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles. The project vision is to utilize the existing wall that lies between the south side of Azusa Street and the Noguchi Plaza, part of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC), and create a monument.
Etchings and panel reliefs will be used to transform the wall into a memorial that brings the Azusa Street Revival to life and sets it within the larger context of the history and development of the Los Angeles area and Little Tokyo.
News + Articles
News + Articles
Get Involved
Get Involved
The Azusa Street Mission Foundation is blessed and privileged to participate in this project. We invite you to learn more and join us in honoring the Lord for what He did at Azusa Street. Our desire is to see an even greater move of the Spirit today!