Chicano Park logo, originally by Rico Bueno. La Tierra Mía means "My Land".
Location
Logan Heights, San Diego, California
Area
32,000 m2
Created
April 22, 1970
Operated by
Chicano Park Steering Committee
Chicano Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
San Diego Historic Landmark No. 143
NRHP reference No.
12001192[1]
SDHL No.
143
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
January 23, 2013
Designated NHL
December 23, 2016
Designated SDHL
March 7, 1980[2]
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Chicano Park is a 32,000 square meter (7.9 acre) 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. The park is home to the country's largest collection of outdoor murals,[3] as well as various sculptures, earthworks, and an architectural piece dedicated to the cultural heritage of the community. Because of the magnitude and historical significance of the murals, the park was designated an official historic site by the San Diego Historical Site Board in 1980,[4] and its murals were officially recognized as public art by the San Diego Public Advisory Board in 1987. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 owing to its association with the Chicano Movement,[5] and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.[6][7] Chicano Park, like Berkeley's People's Park, was the result of a militant (but nonviolent) people's land takeover.[8] Every year on April 22 (or the nearest Saturday), the community celebrates the anniversary of the park's takeover with a celebration called Chicano Park Day.[9]
^"Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 01/22/13 through 01/25/13". National Park Service. February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
^"Historical Landmarks Designated by the San Diego Historical Resources Board" (PDF). City of San Diego.
^Manson, Bill (July 4, 2012). "Original Artists Work to Restore Chicano Park Murals". San Diego Reader. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
^Ybarra-Frausto, Tomas. Califas: Socio-Aesthetic Chronology of Chicano Art. Unpublished Manuscript. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
^Herrera, Vanessa (August 31, 2014). "Lights Turn on in Chicano Park". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
^National Park Service (March 3, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/16/2017 through 3/2/2017, archived from the original on March 7, 2017, retrieved March 7, 2017.
^Warth, Gary. "Chicano Park named National Historic Landmark". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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