History on the Murals at Lincoln Park
By Miguel Juarez

Bobby Aduato, then director of the Lincoln Center asked Felipe Adame to paint the first murals on the pillars under the Spaghetti Bowl by Lincoln Center in 1983.   Adame sought to paint unique murals at the Lincoln Center like the murals in Chicano Park in San Diego, California.
In 1999, Carlos Callejo and Rosa Valenzuela, under the auspices of the Juntos Art Association, proposed and completed a mural project in conjunction with the Private Industry Council (PIC). The project proposed to work with 80 sponsored art classes from various school districts; they also produced a video on creation of the murals and sponsored art classes at the Lincoln Center. Callejo said each row of columns was dedicated to various themes, one row was titled “Memorial Walk” and was dedicated to “Natural Elements:” Mother Earth, Father Sun, etc…
Callejo organized a community group that included individuals from the neighborhood to approve the themes for the murals.