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Chicano Park 35th Annual Lowrider Show Photos
Nacimiento del Parque Chicano 22 abril 1970 | Chicano Park 35th Annual Lowrider Show, San Diego, California
San Diego (BrownPride.com Exclusive) – On April 23, 2005, Chicano Park in
San Diego, California celebrated its 35th anniversary. Chicano Park was founded
on April 22, 1970 when the community of Barrio Logan Heights and Chicano
movement activists joined forces to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol
station on the present site of the park. The struggle for Chicano Park came to
symbolize the Chicano / Mexican people's struggle for self-determination and
self-empowerment. Now brilliantly colored murals line the bridges that not only
connect the freeway systems, but also connect us to our past and each other as a
people. Despite the forecast for rain, thousands and thousands of
Chicanos/Mexicans from over Aztlan come down to Logan Heights for the annual
festivities.
On the eastside of the park, San Diego’s finest lowriders, bombs, and lowrider bicycles lined the lomas with one classic paint job after another. Some of the best rides feature artwork from an artist that signed his pieces with “Cordero.” This homie could give Fonzy, OG Abel, and Cartoon a run for their money, word. On the concession side of the park Chicano/a-based clothing companies represented their own individual style, featuring booths from Firme Clothing, Chicano Style, Industrias Ilegales, Chicana Wear, Orale Wear, and Insurgentes to name a few of clothing lines available. The kiosk area served as the epicenter for the speakers, musicians, indigenous dancers, and the numerous folklorico dance groups that performed that day with their positive energy.
To all the people from San Diego who couldn’t make it down to the event, you can pick up the latest Firme Clothing and Chicano Fashions from Chicano Style’s two locations in San Diego County.
Chicano Style | Firme Clothing
Chicano Style Store #3 - Carlsbad
2525 El Camino Real, Ste. 256
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Located 2nd Floor, Sears wing
(760) 720-9260
Chicano Style Store #2
Westfield Shoppingtown, Plaza Bonita
3030 Plaza Bonita Rd., Ste #1160
National City, CA 91950
1st Level, in front of Carousel
(619)267-0400
All photographs on this site (www.BrownPride.com) are copyright protected by Digital Aztlan.
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