I thought it was interesting how architects would not draw trees or vegetation originally - it's like it would interrupt or make their structures impure. Now as trees and plants are being erased from nature and replaced with buildings and architecture, more people are beginning to feel the sterility of such man made forms. No longer a thumb print of man made structures on the land, but a face of grey concrete staring coldly from rigid window panes.
What I was interested in looking up was the Dolores park area before it was built over. I heard about the water in that area before this class because my boyfriend is Mexicano and told me the history behind the name. Dolores park means pains park. The natives that once lived in that area were slaughtered and their blood supposedly ran through the river surrounding the massacre. I'd be interested in comparing the history of the land as well as the people who lived there.
The way I've come to know the city is through cycling - I know it takes no time to get to Dolores from my house because it's all down hill, but to come back home to Ingelside is awful. Everything is uphill or at least at a steady grade. I think another interesting way to get to know the area would be walking because it's even more slow and methodical than cycling. I've found it's been interesting to talk to the families who live in the Mission/Dolores area because most of them know the history of the land and their families who've lived and worked there for a long time.
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