5 and the Coronado Bay Bridge, further infringed on the community. Any families in residences along the way of Interstate 5 were made out of their homes by the town, and the Coronado Bay Bridge's on-ramps left columns looming over the area. This industrial development destroyed the barrio, removing corporations and whole families. Unfortunately, most homeowners did not know that they had the power to protest the city committee against the decimation of their land. Close to the end of the 1960s, many young residents who had gone to college or the army were returning with experience of social reforms and a sense of embarrassment, which they introduced the higher population. With this new involved spirit, many residents demanded that a park
