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The Guadalupe: Los Paintbrushes 


From one of the founders of the Guadalupe: 

I remember when we first moved into the Guadalupe...it was being
used as a flea market.....on the southside (Guadalupe Street)
there was a door and a long room  all painted red...it was used
as an arcade........One guy from the neighborhood came to see me...
said he was a commercial painter.......said he had no money for
diapers for his child.........from his back pocket he pulled out
some house paint brushes  (4 inch) and said look hold on to these....
give me $15 and I'll come buy them back......I looked at the brushes
and I looked at him....the brushes were used 
but they were well taken cared of......at the time there was some
graffitti on the walls...not awhole bunch...and I told 
him.......I got a gallon of paint......go cover that graffiti and
I'll give you fifty.......

Another time a guitar player came and we went throught the same 
thing.......at this time we were already in the Progresso
building also....so it had to be the second year......and I told him ...
"Go down there and play guitar in front of the theatre for and hour
and I'll give you fifty dollars.......

Credits: Virgen of Guadalupe 
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