Author: Cal Fussman

The story of the artist, the wall and everything that will now come afterward goes back to early 2023. ​Junior Del Pozo had just immigrated from Cuba and found some work with a crew restoring the event space that everyone in Ybor City knew as Frankie’s Patio. It had fallen into a state of disrepair and was being reopened under the name 1920 on Seventh Avenue. There was an intense deadline to host a party for a New Orleans jazz/funk band at the upcoming Gasparilla Music Festival. The floors were being redone, electricity was being restored, and huge black columns needed to be painted. It was a frantic effort to get the place fully functional to host a concert. There…