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 Bario is the neighborhood located directly south of Downtown, between Paisano Drive and the Border Highway. A historic neighborhood of Mexican immigrants since the 1880s, Segundo Bario is known for its murals. They are everywhere, true works of art that testify to the Chicano culture. The Visitor Center has very good maps if you want to go around the most famous murals. The mobile application will also allow you to easily locate these open-air works. Here are some of them, with various themes:
La Virgen de Guadalupe (1981, restored in 1991) at 900 S. Ochoa Street: fresco of the Virgin adored by the Mexicans.
El Corrido del Segundo Barrio (2012) at 801 S. Florence Street: mural depicting two Chicano musicians, it depicts the tenacity of the neighborhood's residents.
Sagrada Familia (1990) at 700 S. Ochoa Street: mural with an evocative subtitle, it is a tribute to the Chicano family.
Segundo Barrio (1975) at 513 Father Rahm Avenue: emblematic mural of the neighborhood that represents Aztec symbols and celebrates the resistance to the destruction of the neighborhood.
Pink and Black Cross (undated) at 805 S. El Paso Street: mural in memory of the women victims of AIDS in Ciudad Juarez. The epidemic was catastrophic for the female population of El Paso's sister city in the 1990s.
Francisco Martinez (2002) at 515 Mesa Street : mural in honor of Francisco Martinez, founder of a Mexican grocery store.