The Skidrow Community Mural created in 2008, which took hundreds of hours, or eight artist and hundreds of community residents, friends and supporters was destory in a few hours by a ” new church”!
Speaking with the Pastor, he said, ” He did not want it there”! It was just that simple to him. It did not make any different to him that this ” mural ” spoke to the community and spoke for the community. It was part of our ” skid row culture “. It represented community pride and respect.
People came from all over Los Angeles County and as far as London, England to see this community mural. In the interview with this pastor, he acknowledged that he ” read the wall”…but it is not what he wants the community to know. He has a new vision for Skid Row.
Over and over, the skid row neigborhood has said, people from “outside the community” continuously want to tell us ” what we need “. They continue to turn a deaf ear to what we want. This is nothing new.
The one thing that was strange to me was his comment, ” I want to part of the community “…how can one be part of the community, if they don’t listen to the community?
So, we are the process of reproducing the photographs of OPERATION FACE-LIFT/ SKID ROW COMMUNITY MURAL for awhile, just to remind everyone of its beauty and why it was so important to us.
As so, Skid Row San Julian Street Website will be the beginning website revealing some of the photographs and videos taken during the 2008 campaign to ” bring back the pride and show the culture of Skid Row.
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