- Chicano Park - Wikipedia
Chicano Park is a 7 9 acres (32,000 m 2) park located beneath the San Diego–Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, a predominantly Chicano or Mexican American and Mexican-migrant community in central San Diego, California
- A Brief History of Chicano Park’s 50 Years - Coronado Times
As today is the 50th Anniversary of Chicano Park, it feels important to take a look at the incredible history of the Park under the Bridge Now considered a National Historic Monument, and part of California’s Cultural Districts, the Park started, rather humbly, as a construction site
- Brief History of the Takeover - Chicano Park
The Park is where our history is enshrined in monumental murals It is where we keep making history as we fight to preserve and defend a small piece of Aztlán known as Chicano Park in Barrio Logan, San Diego
- Fifty Years Ago, Fed Up With the City’s Neglect, a San Diego . . .
Barrio Logan, formerly called Logan Heights, is a historic Mexican American Chicano working class neighborhood located just south of downtown San Diego; with its origins dating to the turn of
- Why Chicano Park is one of San Diego’s must-see cultural . . .
Here’s a look at the history and significance of the park, along with its artists, murals and hopes for the future History Chicano Park protesters, April 23, 1970 (The San Diego Union-Tribune) In the early 1900s, Barrio Logan was part of a larger area known as Logan Heights
- Chicano Park: National Landmark, Local San Diego Treasure
Chicano Park is the geographic and emotional heart of Barrio Logan, located in Logan Heights, San Diego's oldest Mexican-American neighborhood The park is home to the largest concentration of Chicano murals in the world, with more than 100 paintings on seven acres dotted with sculpture, gardens, picnic tables and playgrounds
- Chicano Park · Monuments and Memory in San Diego · SDSU
During April of 1970 the Mexican-American neighborhood Barrio Logan was undergoing construction below the Coronado Bridge, an infrastructure that had infamously displaced families within the barrio Plans from the city were to build a highway patrol station parking lot, but San Diego City College student Mario Solis had other plans
- Discover Chicano Park San Diego: Cultural Historical Landmark
Chicano Park is the focal point of San Diego’s oldest Mexican-American neighborhood, Barrio Logan The park lies where Interstate 5 and the Coronado Bridge meet and houses a massive collection of outdoor murals See for yourself why this National Historic Landmark, just off the San Diego Bay, is a must-visit
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