Chicano Park Shoot
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CJ and I attended a photo walk in Chicano Park of San Diego put on by the Pacific Photographic Society. Our walk included a guide, Salvador Torres, who knows the history of the park. Salvador is one of the artists and was very influential in getting the park created. The San Diego - Coronado bridge divided the Barrio Logan community and one of the pillars sits where Salvador's bed used to be. Several families were displaced when the bridge was built. The original plan for the use of the land under the bridge was as a parking lot. The Barrio Logan community protested and urged that it be a community park. Additionally, the pillars that support the bridge became the canvas for cultural art.
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Salvador took us to the original mural painted in the park. He explained that the cyclone fence was put up before the mural was completed. Before the park was allowed the entire area was to be fenced as this area is - chain link fence topped with razor wire; like a prison. |
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