Chicano Park, Community park and historic site in Logan Heights, San Diego, US.
Chicano Park is a community park and historic site in Logan Heights, San Diego, covering roughly 3.2 hectares (7.9 acres) beneath the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. Over eighty large-scale murals cover the concrete pillars and supports that carry the bridge above the grounds.
On April 22, 1970, residents and activists stopped construction machinery meant to build a highway patrol station, pressing for the land to become a public park instead. Negotiations led to official recognition, and artists began painting the first murals a few years later.
The paintings trace scenes from daily life, pre-Columbian symbols, and portraits of activists who fought for Mexican-American community rights. Families from the neighborhood come here regularly to mark holidays and introduce children to their heritage.
The grounds are open during daylight and suitable for a walk among the painted pillars. The Chicano Park Museum, which opened in 2022, offers further background on how the place came to be and what it represents.
The collection includes work by numerous artists who adapted their designs to the architecture of the bridge pillars over several decades. Some murals rise several meters and use the curved surfaces to create three-dimensional effects.
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