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¡SOMBRA! EXPERIMENTS IN SHADE:
CHINESE CHORIZO
AT EASTLAKE PARK
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
AN EXPERIMENT IN SHADE FOR THE CITY OF PHOENIX’S ¡SOMBRA! PROJECT, THIS CHINESE CHORIZO SHADE SCULPTURE CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF RESILIENCE & SOLIDARITY FROM PHOENIX’S REDLINED COMMUNITIES. SHADE SAILS ON THIS STRUCTURE CAST SHADOWS INSPIRED BY: THE 200 OR MORE CHINESE GROCERY STORES THAT SUPPORTED THIS AREA//EASTLAKE PARK ALLIGATOR LORE//KAWAMBE-OMOWALE & MARK SUNKETT//VIRGIL BERRY JR.// MRS. WHITES GOLDEN RULE CAFE// SING HIGH CHOP SUEY HOUSE//POETRY BY BRANDON SOM//PASTOR STEWART & FIRST INSTITUTIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH//MARIAN TADANO-SHEE//CALVIN C. GOODE & WING F ONG//THE RAGSDALES//GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER & PHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL// VERNELL COLEMAN//HELEN K MASON// BETTY & JEAN FAIRFAX AND MORE!!
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