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He Uses Art to Make State Parks in California More Accessible for All

By Sam Laird — 2021

Joe Colmenares and many others, Bayview-Hunters Point is not simply a representation of urban blight. It’s a living, breathing community where people live and work, love and lose, join together and get by. That’s where the 252-acre oasis of Candlestick Point State Recreation Area comes in—and more specifically, where Colmenares’ mural of willets has a role to play in this overlooked corner of a mural-loving city.

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