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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Public art powerhouse: Inside Monterey County's scrappy arts movement

Sand City transformed from industrial warehouses into a thriving arts district and now hosts its first hotel, expanding cultural tourism near Monterey Bay.
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

Public art powerhouse: Inside Monterey County's scrappy arts movement

Sand City sits just two miles from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, yet until this month, visitors couldn't spend the night in town. For decades, this half-square-mile town wedged between Costco and Highway 1 has been hiding in plain sight - a warehouse district turned open-air art gallery, where murals climb concrete walls and sculptors work in spaces that once stored industrial equipment.
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