I walked through Linda Vista yesterday, up Linda Vista Road from Comstock Street to Genesee Avenue. I discovered great examples of street art and some fascinating local history!
Linda Vista is an old San Diego neighborhood whose origin is tied to World War II. According to Wikipedia: “Many of the homes in Linda Vista were built in 1940-41 as part of a government project to house aircraft workers for the war effort. A construction project that was assisted by Reuben H. Fleet beginning in October 1941 resulted in 3,001 houses built within 200 days.”
One of the first shopping malls ever built in the United States was built in this community. As I walked up Linda Vista Road past the Sieu Thi Thuan Phat Supermarket, I came upon a bronze plaque that describes that history.
Today, as you can see from my photographs, many who live in Linda Vista have an Asian heritage.
The plaque reads:
THIS SITE WAS THE LOCATION OF ONE OF
THE FIRST PLANNED SHOPPING CENTERS
IN THE UNITED STATES
The Linda Vista area was developed as a government
housing project for aircraft and shipyard defense
workers during World War II. The original shopping
center was built to serve the residents and was
dedicated in 1942 by Eleanor Roosevelt. Demolition of
the original shopping center occurred in 1972.
LINDA VISTA COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 2009
Above is the photo of a beautiful mural by local artist Gloria Muriel, spray painted on the wall of Hot Wash Coin Laundry. Love and Respect.
There’s a tragic phenomenon in the large cities of California that I rarely photograph. In Linda Vista, as in most of San Diego, drugs and homelessness are now encountered everywhere one walks.
A heartbreaking photo.
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We have the same “tragic phenomenon” and I too rarely photograph people living rough — not in order to pretend everything is perfect, mostly because I don’t want to further violate their remaining dignity. (So, again like you, if I take a photo it’s at a distance and not showing the face.) A bright, articulate Vancouver street person has a WP blog – https://sqwabb.wordpress.com – maybe check it out, especially hit the button for his backstory, it’s eye-opening.
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I’ll check it out.
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