Famous Mural Demolished
Mural by Salvador Roberto Torres Demolition of Torres mural A famous mural in San Diego by artist Salvador Roberto Torres has been demolished and will be repainted at a local middle school. Kristen Taketa is the K-12 education reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the U-T in 2018 after covering education for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Taketa's writing style is analytical and can be seen in quotes such as: " The mural was painted by influential artist Salvador Roberto Torres, who helped create Chicano Park and Centro Cultural de la Raza. Community members tried unsuccessfully to stop the demolition of a 32-year-old mural painted by a renowned San Diego Chicano artist at Memorial Prep Middle School in the Logan Heights neighborhood." " The muralist, Salvador Roberto Torres, an influential artist who helped create Chicano Park in 1970, wrote to school district officials this week trying to enforce what he sa...