MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Milwaukee stands out with street art that supports Wisconsin sports teams — whether it’s an animated mural of William Contreras in Black Cat Alley or “El Paletero” in Walker’s Point.

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On the side of Heavy Hitters Athletic Facility in the Walker’s Point neighborhood, “El Paletero” towers over passersby. The mural displays a popsicle vendor wearing a Brewers hat and pushing a cart through the Milwaukee Brewers script logo — literally walking through the city. The man behind this mural is Michael Cerda.

“It just screams my childhood,” said Cerda.

The piece reminds him of his upbringing as a Mexican American raised on the South Side of Milwaukee.

“I grew up listening for the paletero — he would cruise the neighbor

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