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Logan Heights is a neighborhood in central San Diego, California . In 1871 , Congressman John A. Logan wrote legislation to provide federal land grants and subsidies for a transcontinental railroad ending in San Diego. A street laid in 1881 was named Logan Heights after him, and the name came to be applied to the general area. Plans for a railroad never successfully materialized, and the area was predominantly residential by the Turn Of The Century , becoming one of San Diego's oldest communities. Its transformation began in 1910 with the influx of refugees of the Mexican Revolution , who soon became the majority ethnic group. For this reason, residents and non-residents alike now call the neighborhood ''' Barrio Logan''', though officially it remains Logan Heights. Barrio Logan is known to Historians , Art connoisseurs, and Chicanos as the home of Chicano Park , the site of a land takeover and cultural renaissance. Because of this activity, which began with the Chicano Movement and continues today, Barrio Logan claims numerous famous artists and activists as its own. ''For a discussion of the circumstances that brought about the creation of the park, please see the article Chicano Park .'' |
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