EL SEGUNDO BARIO MURALS
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Historic neighborhood of Mexican immigrants since the 1880s, known for its murals testifying the Chicano culture
Segundo Barrio is the neighborhood directly south of Downtown, between Paisano Drive and the Border Highway. A historic neighborhood for Mexican immigrants since the 1880s, the Segundo Barrio is renowned for its murals. They're everywhere, works of art that bear witness to Chicano culture. If you'd like to take a tour of the most famous murals, the Visitor Center has some excellent maps. The mobile app also makes it easy to locate these open-air works. Here are a few of them, with various themes:
La Virgen de Guadalupe (1981, restored in 1991) at 900 S. Ochoa Street: fresco of the Virgin worshipped by Mexicans.
El Corrido del Segundo Barrio (2012) at 801 S. Florence Street: mural of two Chicano musicians, depicting the tenacity of the neighborhood's inhabitants.
Sagrada Familia (1990) at 700 S. Ochoa Street: a fresco with an evocative subtitle, this is a tribute to the Chicano family.
Segundo Barrio (1975) at 513 Father Rahm Avenue: emblematic fresco depicting Aztec symbols and celebrating resistance to the neighborhood's destruction.
Pink and Black Cross (undated) at 805 S. El Paso Street: fresco in memory of women victims of AIDS in Ciudad Juarez. The epidemic was catastrophic for the female population of El Paso's twin city in the 1990s.
Francisco Martinez (2002) at 515 Mesa Street: fresco in honor of Francisco Martinez, founder of a Mexican grocery store.
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