forgive my ignorance and please correct me if I am wrong, but it would make a lot of sense that you feel that way, because your cultures are sorta similar in the sense of being colonized by Spaniards right? :)
@@strawbawrri249 I can't speak for everyone, but for me, it's more about nostalgia. I was born in 82 and I remember when the National City Walmart was FEDCO. My mom was a single mom and one time she locked her keys inside her car in the parking lot. My mom was already on edge and I remember as a little kid feeling helpless. Then a Filipino family helped my mom get her keys out. It was the first act of kindness my child's mind remembers so for me it's more that than cultural similarities.
This is freaking awesome history . Now it’s 2022 and it’s changed so much . My grandmas house is gone and replaced with office buildings . My mom and dads pictures were just painted on a pillar in Chicano park for being part of its rich history of Chicano Culture .
Well it’s 2021 & the pinche Barrio is still here✊🏽 & Even Stronger then Before! With the culture & heritage running through these streets like blood through the veins!
@@LAAM619 it’s like when kid’s Do dumb sh!t. But it’s because they aren’t educated enough & don’t know any better. You can’t get mad at them ..Well because They Don’t know sh!t. So in your case it’s ok .
@@emilianogaribaldi6437 not every chicano is a cholo yet thats how we are presenting ourselves and its how we are perceived. We gotta leave that image behind.
@@LAAM619 Do you dress like a cholo? If not, then the perception you speak of is null. Not all chicanos dress like cholos. Chicano and cholo are not synonymous. Un abrazo fraternal to all my raza de bronce.
The gentlemen who said that someday he hoped the park would go all the way to the bay was correct; it just took a long time. When I was young we were poor and had no dental insurance, The Chicano clinic fixed my teeth. Thank you!
I’m a white guy from Texas but I was in the Navy in San Diego the early 90s… I remember Chicano Park.. the murals..riding the trolly through Bario Logan… this brings back memories
@@drehardin or maybe jsut look up Mexican art culture. you will see how it is definitely unique to Mexican culture. a lot of art work is Aztecan looking.
Thank you for this. My father is Carlos Castañeda. Seeing how my Father, Late Aunt Linda, Grandfather and Grandmother, lived before my time was very special. Thank you.
@@concentratecorner1744 no. Our family lost our proprieties during the recession of 2008. We had 2 properties: the home featured on National Ave and the other on S. Evans street.
@@aidac.castaneda5123 you guys should have sought for help. My parents almost lost their home in 2008 but found someone to help them restructure their loan. Im curious to know why you lost your homes if a regular mortgage is 30 years... lets say that your dad had just bought those houses in '79 at the time of this video... the mortgage would have been 29 years old during '08... could your family really not hang on to the houses for one more year?
I was born in 1974 in Mexico City, then moved to SD in 1996, still here (2021), i lived in Logan Heights (many years) back then Cuatro Milpas was kind of a cult mexican restaurant. I think is not the best mexican food at all (still isnt) in SD, poor quality and service... Anyways this video is a jewel... San Diego's working class history
I was Born at Balboa Naval Hospital in Downtown San Diego in the Early 1980’s. I went to Morse High School grew up in Skyline Paradise Hills area as a Kid. I now live in Las Vegas. I Love San Diego Americas Finest City✅❤️
It is so nice to see the history of some areas in San Diego, and Bo Logan is one of the old communities and industrial area. San Diego has the best Mexican food and my son misses it.
Carlos was a few years older than me but I remember him well his father was a Tailor They lived across the street from Carlos cleaners... I remember Carlos getting into politics... But have no idea what came of him...
Bro the border in the south bay like wtf you even talking bout Logan on some goofy chicano shit come to the south bay if you want to be around Mexicans lol
thats my hood i livd on national avenue by the central store own by big sam and his family his sister sandy was married to my nephew . they are arabs with a mexican heart
My grandfather came to the neighborhood in the 60s and had been working as a Long shoreman since the 30s in San Diego (commuting from Tijuana). Whats nuts is all the old ladies that run Cuatro Milpas today knew my grandfather when they were little. Their parents ran it when my grandpa would go to eat & my family’s eaten there since.
Sadly, these reports are missing Professor Al Velasco & Professor Villarino's both from SDSU voice. They were giants in advocating for Barrio Logan's rich Mexican American/Chicano culture.
I'm sure shes gone, but rest well abuela, the barrio remains in tact...it may not be as it was(little today is) but the heritage and history is still seen by many...
1:30- "you cant find that in clairemont" miss if in 2021 we cannot find good Mexican food in Claremont I DOUBT they had good Mexican food in the 70s xD
Oldest restaurant in San diego. Where you can still find an OG chicano-saurus....for every generation will have some , they are not on the endangered species list .
@@emilianogaribaldi6437 Again, not really, 30th and Island is closer to the Grant Hill area than Barrio Logan. Barrio Logan is definitely anything south of Imperial/Commercial and west of the 15. That's just me though
I was born in 1974 in Mexico City, then moved to SD in 1996, still here (2021), i lived in Logan Heights (many years) back then Cuatro Milpas was kind of a cult mexican restaurant. I think is not the best mexican food at all (still isnt) in SD, poor quality and service... Anyways this video is a jewel... San Diego's working class history
Lmfao your ignorance amazes me, you fool. Cartels are in Mexico, and spread in Latin America. Here in the US, they are GANGS. Where have you been your whole life?
@@rubendelacruz7395 your ignorence amazes me i guess you dont live in San Diego because everyone knows they were hiring hitmen from Logan where have you been at under a rock?
Pretty sure las 4 milpas makes enough money to remodel this business. Sidewalk is dirty didn't like it never went back to this place embarrassing como Mexicana.
2:50- I wish I could tel her that it lasted so long and there's such a strong latino community that work to keep the culture and history. sadly in these past few years gentrification has been making some parts too expensive for the average san diegan.
Correct The liberals took over and turn most neighborhoods into barrios only small pockets are nice and clean and it cost 3 times as much to keep the poor out .
@@ricks3263 born and raised in north and south cali, you literally have no idea what you're talking about. im not gonna have an internet argument with a middle aged ignorant man that has nothing better to do 😂 night 👋🏻
When you grow up in Clairemont with no real identity other than white boy surf/skate so-cal culture you quickly realize, if youre lucky enough to have someone show you, that the real one is Mexican and the Chicano culture. The art,food,fashion,family support I have experienced with these people far surpasses anything Ive learned or celebrated within my own Anglo Heritage. Growing up here I saw their culture as a symbol of strength and community that mine couldnt hold a candle to.
I grew up with Los Alacranes (they'd play our family parties). So good to see Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez in this vid, he was absolutely instrumental (oh look a pun lol) in the Chicano Park movement, he wrote a beautiful song about it too. The last family reunion I planned, I booked Chunky and the band. The band was able to play, unfortunately Chunky was in the hospital. It was so sad to hear of his passing. He and his son (who was a mini Chunky, so cute!) and band members will always be part of the Ojeda family legacy.
Everybody’s getting nostalgic over landmarks that still exists. But man, it fucking sucks how some problems are still the same. Dirty industries for one thing.
Note: the word barrio has origins in the Arab lenguage, (barr). In middle ages the people who built their homes outside the walls that protects a city.
Hmmmmm idk if you would of wanted to live there in 80s,90s, and even early 2000's. Now a days you can walk on the street at night but back then it was a different story.
