When Dutch soccer player Arjen Robben was given a penalty shot in the 2014 FIFA World Cup game against Mexico, El Tri fans wailed the now-famous lament heard around the world: “¡No fue penal!” (“It wasn't a penalty!”) Memes exploded over the Internet, and a short-lived mural commemorating the injustice was emblazoned on a wall over the Blue Lot property. Such is the rollicking canvas that is the Blue Lot, whose artists have enjoyed responding to discussions in popular culture and graffiti technique through colorful paintings on its giant walls facing First Street, guarded by a chain-link fence. Novices are generally discouraged from entering its sacred grounds, but, hey, you can always spy the art from across the street, right?
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