List of Whaling Walls

This is a list of Whaling Walls, which are large outdoor murals by the artist Robert Wyland, featuring images of life-size gray whales, breaching humpback whales, blue whales, and other sea life. Whaling Walls (a pun on the Wailing Wall) are created by invitation of the communities, institutions, and building owners of the structures on which they are painted. Wyland's 100th Whaling Wall was painted in Beijing in 2008.[1]

WW index[2]!! Name	Location	Dedicated	Comments
01	Gray Whale and Calf	509 Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, California	July 9, 1981	Painted over in 1996; painted ceramic tile mural made in 1996; wall-mounted painted mural-on-canvas in 2019[3][4]
02	Young Gray Whale	Ocean Institute, San Clemente, California	March 20, 1982	Relocated to Concordia Elementary School, San Clemente.
03	Spyhopping	Marineland of the Pacific, Rancho Palos Verdes, California	June 27, 1984	EXTINCT[5]
04	The Gray Whale Family	15248 Russell Avenue, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada	September 26, 1984	Recently restored; will remain as a façade following demolition of the original building.
05	The Orcas of Puget Sound	Edgewater Hotel 2411 Alaskan Way Seattle, Washington	November 10, 1985	Original was painted over in 1995, repainted in same location in 2019[6]
06	Hawaiian Humpbacks	repainted at 3049 Ualena Street, Honolulu, Hawaii	April 21, 1985	Original wall is EXTINCT.[5] A recreation was done at the Pacific Airport Center opposite WW85
07	California Gray Whales	Del Mar, California	July 6, 1985	EXTINCT[5]
08	Orcas	1170 Melville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	September 10, 1985	Mostly covered by new constructions. Whales no longer visible
09	First Voyage	Polynesian Cultural Center Oahu, Hawaii	February 4, 1986	EXTINCT,[5] torn down during Gateway kitchen renovations
10	Manatees	Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida	1986	Terminal A. Prior to security gates.
11	First Born	Renaissance Orlando Resort 6677 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida	September 26, 1986	Moved from SeaWorld. In hotel lobby.
12	Laguna Coast	2171 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, California	February 2, 1987	Tiled 1996.
13	A-5 Pod	1250 Wharf Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	June 20, 1987	Decaying and faded, but still alive for now. As of June 2020, there are plans by the new owners of the building to turn it into a boutique hotel, so the future of the mural may be in jeopardy.
14	Sperm Whales	Funabashi, Japan	October 14, 1987
15	Dolphins of Makapuu Point	Sealife Park, Oahu, Hawaii	1988
16	Orcas off Point Loma	Belmont Park Plunge pool San Diego, California	June 29, 1989	EXTINCT;[5] removed during renovation in 2017[7]
17	Bottlenose Dolphins	Stored in Osaka, Japan	August 27, 1989	done for a 24-hour televised telethon in Tokyo, Japan
18	Sperm Whales of the Mediterranean	Nice, France	October 1989
19	Forbidden Reef	San Diego, California	July 9, 1990	EXTINCT[5]
20	Gray Whale Migration	San Diego, California	July 9, 1990	EXTINCT[5]
21	Washington Orcas	928 A Street, Tacoma, Washington	July 1990
22	Orca Heaven	Yamagata, Japan	1990	A ceiling mural.
23	Bundaberg Humpback Family	Bundaberg, Australia	September 28, 1990
24	Humpback and Calf	Sydney, Australia	September 28, 1990
25	Humpbacks	Lamphere High School, Madison Heights, Michigan	October 8, 1990
26	Sperm Whales & Florida Keys Reef	Marathon, Florida	October 30, 1990	EXTINCT[5] repainted as Whaling Wall 87
27	Minke Whales	5550 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, Florida	October 30, 1990	In the Crane Point Museum and Nature Center
28	A Time for Conservation	4-831 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii	January 8, 1991
29	Humpbacks off the Pali Coast	4-831 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii	January 8, 1991
30	Maui Humpback Breaching	Lahaina, Hawaii	January 21, 1991	EXTINCT[5]
31	Gray Whale Migration	Redondo Beach, California	June 24, 1991
32	Whales	Taiji, Japan	August 1991
33	Planet Ocean	Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California	July 9, 1992	Was the largest mural in the world at that time[8]
34	Ocean Biosphere	Oracle, Arizona	April 18, 1993	EXTINCT[5]
35	Orcas of the Oregon Coast	Portland, Oregon	May 9, 1993	EXTINCT[5]
36	Whales off the Coast of Maine	Portland, Maine	June 7, 1993
37	Isle of Shoals Humpbacks	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	June 14, 1993	Wall deteriorating, paint peeling. Robert Bendetson of Cabot House Furniture refuses to allow restoration.[9]
38	Stellwagen Bank	33 Traveler Street, Boston, Massachusetts	June 21, 1993	EXTINCT;[5] Painted over in 1999 with a killer whale scene by Ron Deziel.
39	Finback Whales	Providence, Rhode Island	June 28, 1993	EXTINCT[5]
40	Inner City Whales	Port Authority Bus Terminal 41 Street Underpass, New York City	July 5, 1993
41	The Great Sperm Whales	Eugene O'Neill Dr. & State Street, New London, Connecticut	July 12, 1993	Repainted 2006 by David Bishop of Mystic, CT,(WCRC)and any damage repaired each year by Whaling City Restoration Committee. #41 is complete as originally painted in 1993. Photos at www.whalingcityrestoration.com.
42	East Coast Humpbacks	2400 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	July 19, 1993	EXTINCT[5] Torn down for renovations to Aramark Headquarters building.[10]
43	Humpbacks off the Jersey Coast	3800 Boardwalk Mall Wildwood, New Jersey	July 26, 1993	EXTINCT[5] Being repainted but not by Wyland
44	Delaware Marine Mammals	117 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware	August 2, 1993
45	Dolphins-Small Tooth Whales	3000 Connecticut Ave. N.W, Washington, D.C.	August 9, 1993
46	Extinct Atlantic Gray Whales	600 W. Hamburg St., Baltimore, Maryland	August 16, 1993	Repainted in 2014 by Shawn James and Charles Lawrance of Mural Masters, Inc. of Baltimore, MD.
47	Humpbacks off the Virginia Coast	999 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia	August 23, 1993
48	Coastal Dolphins	Wilmington, North Carolina	August 30, 1993
49	Right Whales off the South Carolina Coast	2101 North Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	September 6, 1993
50	Atlanta's Right Whales	90 Central Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia	September 16, 1993	EXTINCT[5] Paint removed pursuant to building renovation[11]
51	Florida's Dolphins	Mote Marine Lab 1600 W. Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida	September 20, 1993
52	Florida's Living Reef	Waterfront Brewery, 201 William Street, Key West, Florida	September 27, 1993
53	Orcas off the Gulf of Mexico	South Padre Island, Texas	March 14, 1994
54	Alaska's Marine Life	406 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska	August 8, 1994
55	Orcas A-30 Subpod	Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	August 15, 1994	EXTINCT;[5] Completely painted over on June 20, 2017. Reports of the aquarium designer didn't like it and thought it didn't fit in the new west coast theme.
56	Vancouver Island Orcas	1390 Granville, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	August 15, 1994	Restored for the Vancouver Olympics. EXTINCT[5] after building demolition in 2015[12]
57	Leap of Faith	Seattle, Washington	August 22, 1994	EXTINCT[5] in 2011
58	Orcas off the San Juan Islands	Seattle, Washington	August 22, 1994	EXTINCT[5] in 2011
59	Gray Whales off Oregon Coast	Newport, Oregon	August 29, 1994
60	Spyhopping Gray Whale	San Francisco, California	September 5, 1994	Across from Pier 39
61	Grays off the San Francisco Coast	San Francisco, California	September 5, 1994	Between Pier 39 and Aquarium
62	Celebrating Gray Whales	Hollywood, California	September 12, 1994	EXTINCT[5]
63	Life Size Blue Whales	Hollywood, California	September 12, 1994
64	San Diego Migration	San Diego, California	September 19, 1994	Visible only from an adjacent apartment building, on their pool deck.
65	Friendly Grays of San Ignacio	Mexico City, Mexico	September 26, 1994	EXTINCT[5]
66	Free Keiko	Mexico City, Mexico	September 26, 1994	EXTINCT[5] part of an agreement to free Keiko (Free Willy)
67	Earth Day Hawaii	Honolulu, Hawaii	April 22, 1995
68	Pacific Realm	Laguna Beach, California	November 6, 1996	Ceiling
69	The Blues Whales	New Orleans, Louisiana	May 3, 1997
70	Heavenly Waters	Redpath Sugar Refinery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	September 1, 1997	The mural is located on the north wall of the sugar shed. It is viewable from Queens Quay.
71	Our Ocean Family	Apple Valley, Minnesota	September 8, 1997
72	Whale Commuters	Milwaukee County Courthouse Annex, over northbound lanes of I-43, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	September 15, 1997	Mural demolished May 3, 2006 during removal of Courthouse Annex and Marquette Interchange reconstruction; small portions of mural with adult & baby dolphin and "Wyland" signature installed at northern portal of the Kilbourn Tunnel at I-43 Northbound in February 2007
73	The Windy Whales	Chicago, Illinois	September 22, 1997	New construction has covered all but a sliver of wall. Signature still visible but not much else.
74	Orcas Passage	Indianapolis, Indiana	September 29, 1997
75	Song of the Whales	Cleveland, Ohio	October 6, 1997.	Restoration completed and wall rededicated October 4, 2019[13]
76	Whale Tower	Broderick Tower, Detroit, Michigan	October 13, 1997	Still intact. Was covered by lighted advertising during the 2006 World Series and infrequently afterward, but was eventually re-exposed to public view. The mural will not be maintained by the newly renovated Broderick Tower apartments and will fade naturally.[14]
77	Eye of the Whale	Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	October 21, 1997	EXTINCT[5]
78	Florida's Marine Life	Macy's Department Store, 22 East Flagler St., Miami, Florida	May 4, 1998	On SE 1st Street side of building
79	Santa Monica's Marine Life	Santa Monica, California	August 25, 1998	EXTINCT[5] as of Jan-2012
80	World of Ocean Life	2275 S 300 W Salt Lake City, Utah 84115	September 7, 1998
81	Atlantic Humpback Whales	Niagara Falls, New York	September 29, 1998
82	Ocean Life	505 N. Akard Street, Dallas, Texas	April 16, 1999
83	Race to Save the Ocean	San Diego, California	June 12, 1999	Two sides of the racing hull painted on the yacht Abracadabra competed in the 2000 America's Cup Race in Hawaii. Abracadabra currently at Maritime Museum of San Diego.
84	New Zealand Marine Life	New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland, New Zealand	October 15, 1999	EXTINCT[5][15]
85	New Millennium	Pacifica Airport Center, 3049 Ualena Street, Honolulu, Hawaii	December 15, 1999	Re-creation of Whaling Wall 6
86	Manatee Sanctuary	4150 South Suncoast Blvd, Homosassa Springs, Florida	October 23, 2000	Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park Visitor Center building
87	Florida's Radiant Reef	5551 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, Florida	March 9, 2001	Painted over WW 26
88	Marine Life of the Gulf	690 Regatta Bay Drive, Destin, Florida	October 17, 2001	Touched up in 2015
89	Humpback Realm	NAVY Exchange, 4725 Bougainville Drive, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii	December 2002
90	Palau's Blue Corner	International Airport, Palau	February 2003	Companion mural at the Etpison Museum
91	Guam's Ocean Life	Guam International Airport, Hagatna, Guam	February 19, 2004
92	Baja Tranquility	La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico	August 8, 2005
93	Great Whales of New Bedford	New Bedford, Massachusetts	October 20, 2005
94	Ride the Tide	Del Mar, California	June 24, 2006
95	Keys to the Seas	Scuba-Fun, 99222 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, Florida	February 12, 2007
96	Riches of the Ocean	Pago Pago, American Samoa	April 12, 2008
97	Sea of Life	Plymouth, Devon	May 10, 2008	National Marine Aquarium
98	Celebrating the Reef	Santos, Brazil	May 17, 2008	Santos Municipal Aquarium
99	Water for Life	North Lauderdale, Florida	June 14, 2008	McNab Road
100	Hands Across the Oceans	Beijing, China	June 14, 2008	2008 Beijing (Green) Olympics; Panels presented in Washington DC, September 30, 2008; in storage

References

1. "Wyland to Paint 100th Whaling Wall Mural in Beijing". NBC New York. July 24, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
2. "Whaling Walls". Wyland Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
3. "The Whaling Wall" (1996, 2019) by Wyland". Public Art in Public Places. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
4. Jarrell, Allison (2019-07-20). "Wyland Resurrects Original Whaling Wall in Laguna". Laguna Beach Local News. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
5. EXTINCT indicates that the mural is no longer accessible. It may have been covered, destroyed, or significantly altered.
6. "Orcas swim again on Seattle's Edgewater Hotel, thanks to artist Wyland". The Seattle Times. 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
7. "Plunge pool to reopen at Belmont Park". KGTV. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
8. "Where's Wyland? Iconic, massive marine artwork is easy to spot along Southern California coast". Orange County Register. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
9. Choate, David "Whaling Wall endangered" Sept 14 2010, Seacoast Online
10. "End of an era approaches as 'Whaling Wall' mural makes way for Aramark HQ". Philly Voice. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
11. Stafford, Leon (1 October 2010). "Downtown Atlanta 'whale wall' to sleep with the fishes". ajc.com. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
12. "It's DESTROY VANCOUVER!! time: Whale mural demolished". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
13. https://fox8.com/2019/10/01/restoration-on-clevelands-whale-wall-starts-this-week/
14. https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/beached-whales_n_1694655.html
15. "Wailing wall". The Aucklander. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

External links

• Media related to Whaling Walls at Wikimedia Commons