Tony Cerda Park in Pomona can't seem to catch a break
But the bandstand mural was having its intended effect. Spoken-word nights were organized there. Baby agave planted by residents next to it began to grow. Graffiti stayed away. Families sat where cholos once glared.Detailed sections of a mural painted on a dilapidated bandstand at Tony Cerda Park in Pomona as a symbol of hope in the summer of 2019.
Brissia Enriquez, 13, left, of Pomona swings with her sister Ashley Enriquez, 15, on the playground at Tony Cerda Park. They have been coming to the park since they were children. “Dang, what was this, the Berlin Wall?” he said. “People have too much time on their hands. Just accept something that makes a park pretty.”
On a recent weekday morning, Tony Cerda Park was empty save for 28-year-old Jhonny Galvan, who watched his son run around in the playpen. Nearby, remnants of the mural — a child’s hand print, the outline of a feather — peeked through the glops of white paint that covered it, a ghostly reminder of what once was. Meanwhile, someone had scribbled “Pomona 12" on the edge, the modern moniker of the Sharkeys.
The scene became so bad that then-Councilman Clay Bryant argued for the park’s eradication in 1988 — “it’s getting to be the more parks you have, the more hangouts you have for the gangs,” he said. His effort went nowhere, but in 1989 the city changed the name back to Madison to shake off the park’s stigma. .
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