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One Last Mexican Discovered
in the Mission District
* praba pilar * gerardo perez
* jaime cortez * rene garcia * john leanos *
Los
Uberlocos created One Last Mexican Discovered in the Mission
District, in response to the rapacious gentrification
of the Mission District of San Francisco. This mural was unveiled
at Galeria de la Raza, on the corner of 24th and Bryant in the
Mission District, San Francisco, with a performance by the Uberlocos
touching on the case of Ishi and featuring the Last Mexican
himself with his coterie of handlers. This mural was featured
in the book: Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco
and the Crisis of American Urbanism, by Rebecca Solnit.
For more information, please contact the artist.
The text reads in part:
San Francisco ReExamined.Com, DOT-COM EDITION; May 5, 2002
ONE LAST MEXICAN DISCOVERED IN THE MISSION DISTRICT
The last known Mexican in the Mission District was captured
last night in Dolores Park. "Ese," the last of his tribe, led
a feral Mexican lifestyle in Dolores Park, living among the
bushes on roots and berries, focaccia crumbs, and leftover bits
of antipasti......"
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