People's Park was created during political activism of the late 1960s. Today it serves mainly as a daytime sanctuary for Berkeley's large homeless population who take advantage of meals offered by East Bay Food Not Bombs. The surrounding South Campus neighborhood was the scene of a major confrontation between student protestors and police. A mural near the park, painted by Berkeley artist and lawyer Osha Neumann, depicts the shooting of James Rector, a student who died from shotgun wounds inflicted by law enforcement on May 15, 1969.
category:
Seen Worse
comments:
1
wim commented on 01.18.09
I like his water lady.Her skirt waves. Her hair blows. Made out of driftwood and rusty metal, the Water Lady embraces the sky, the birds flying by, and the people who seek peace and freedom at an abandoned land.