{"id":127401,"date":"2026-01-10T01:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127401\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:02:08","slug":"mural-over-barrio-logan-logan-heights-bridge-shows-people-from-this-city-can-actually-add-art-to-this-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127401\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural over Barrio Logan-Logan Heights bridge shows ‘people from this city can actually add art to this city’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>30th Street Pedestrian Bridge aerial view (Photo courtesy of Marisa Aguayo)<\/p>\n

The 30th Street Pedestrian Bridge connecting Barrio Logan and Logan Heights spans the Interstate 5 freeway that ripped the neighborhood in two when it was built decades ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Until recently, the bridge was surrounded by deteriorating chain link caging and was not much more than a large slab of concrete that was poorly maintained.<\/p>\n

That is until it was included along with four other pedestrian bridges across San Diego County in a $8.6 million Caltrans project. In the last year the 30th Street bridge has received the maintenance it needed \u2014 and undergone an artistic transformation.<\/p>\n

Marisa Aguayo, the executive director of All of Logan<\/a>, a non-profit organization that serves Barrio Logan through art and elevating local business, said they were approached about a year ago by the Environmental Health Coalition and Caltrans to find local artists.<\/p>\n

All for Logan organized a search for community artists and conducted a contest to design a mural that would span across the bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brisk One<\/a>, an abstract fine artist with roots in murals and graffiti, had the winning design.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a long serpent, inspired in part by designs on the pyramid of feathered serpents at Xochicalco, that spans the bridge, bringing color to a structure that once had only industrial grey.<\/p>\n

Brisk said he was familiar with the bridge, specifically the stairs on the Barrio Logan side, through old videos of local skateboarders. Those stairs are now an ADA accessible ramp, and the rattler of the serpent Brisk designed.<\/p>\n

In the design process, he said, he learned more about this bridge, the significance behind it and how it has been neglected through the people at All for Logan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt bridges the gap between Barrio Logan and Logan Heights,\u201d Aguayo said. \u201cSo this pedestrian bridge has been here for a while. But it hasn\u2019t been very well kept up and I know a lot of community crosses that bridge. Students, elders, moms, kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brisk didn\u2019t paint the bridge \u2014 Caltrans contracted a group to do it \u2014 but he said he stopped by every day they worked on it. The entirety of the pedestrian bridge is covered in his design. It\u2019s the largest mural he\u2019s ever designed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the point of, you know, creating artwork for different generations to really see that it\u2019s possible, that people from the city can actually add artwork to the city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The serpent\u2019s head on the 30th Street Pedestrian Bridge (Photo courtesy of Marisa Aguayo)<\/p>\n

\u201cKids that cross that bridge to go to school everyday, can see that as part of their upbringing. You know, hop on the little diamondbacks and shapes and play hopscotch, and maybe it gives them a burst of color in a place that did have much color. I\u2019d really like this to be one of many to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mural was painted to last. Brisk said as he observed he saw how they mixed the colors and applied multiple coats to make sure the art can withstand being walked upon for years.<\/p>\n

Caltrans said the paint is UV resistant, which factors into lengthening the mural\u2019s lifespan, and can it help reduce the pavement\u2019s temperature.<\/p>\n

For those involved, there\u2019s an awareness about what public art on this scale, designed to be around for over a decade, will mean for those who encounter it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that when that grandma or that student is walking to school after everything that\u2019s going on, it brings a smile to their face,\u201d Aguayo said. \u201cThat\u2019s my hope. That it reflects everything that\u2019s going on and then the beauty of our resilience and that we\u2019re still here, and we\u2019re not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

A community event will be held Saturday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. to unveil the new bridge. Visit All for Logan\u2019s instagram for information.<\/a><\/p>\n

Later this month, a similar pedestrian bridge artistic project will be installed in San Ysidro, near I-5 and Willows Elementary School, a Caltrans District 11 representative said.<\/p>\n

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