Reflection,
Ecology &
Recreation
The proposed Sleepy Lagoon Memorial Landscape honors the significance of Sleepy Lagoon to communities of color who used the lagoon for recreation, the incident that took place there in the 1940s, and its impact on Pachucx youth. The memorial also honors the original peoples and caretakers of this land, the Tongva, and those who have come to inhabit the land more recently.
Proposed Memorial
Location:
Maywood
Riverfront Park
5000 Slauson Avenue
Maywood, CA 90058
The proposed Sleepy Lagoon Memorial will be located inside Maywood Riverfront Park. The original concept design runs alongside the park’s existing swale and includes decorative meditation seat stumps, a seat wall, interpretive signage, and symbolic writing on the existing bridge. The project will also more effectively capture and manage stormwater, and plant dozens of Southern California native, riverine plants traditional to Tongva customs and critical for improving ecosystem functions.
The Sleepy Lagoon Memorial is a Collaborative Project
Partners and Project Team Include:
Mapache City Projects
Gabriel Gutierrez, Ph.D, Jimmy Ramos, Sandra de La Loza, Arturo Romo, Jessa Calderon, Vicente Ceja, Beatriz Mojarro, Tina Calderon,
In Memoriam and with Great Love and Respect to
Julia Bogany, Tongva Elder & Community Leader