 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
Redevelopment
agency celebrates where success began 30 years ago ...
June 13, 2005 ~ San Diego Union Tribune
"A mural is growing on two walls once covered with graffiti in East Village,
thanks to children and community members, including the homeless people who call
these streets home.
The mural adorning the Aztec Appliance building at 17th and K streets is being painted with community participation over the next two weeks.
Muralist Mario Torero designed the walls with ideas offered at six community meetings sponsored by the East Village Community Action Network, a volunteer group, said Brenda Kayzar, the group's president. At one meeting, at the Neil Good Day Center, a service center for the homeless, the group discovered that the homeless had no expectation of being represented in the mural because "they felt they were invisible," she said.
The mural seeks to reflect daily life of East Village and present "a hopeful message, a hopeful future," she said. So it has allusions to the homeless, the children who live across the street at the Hacienda Townhomes, college graduates, construction workers and the Coronado Bridge.
The $10,000 mural is supported by 48 contributors; among them is $2,000 from CCDC and $3,500 from Kenneth Medel, an attorney who lives in East Village.
A dedication ceremony is planned
for June 25 at 11 a.m."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Martin Stolz: (619) 542-4574; martin.stolz@uniontrib.com