Baldwin Park station

Baldwin Park is a Metrolink train station in Baldwin Park, California, United States, between Pacific Avenue and Ramona Boulevard next to Baldwin Park City Hall.

The station is owned by the City of Baldwin Park. Foothill Transit and LACMTA bus routes serve the station, and Baldwin Park and West Covina provide municipal shuttles to the station.

Danza Indigenas controversy

In mid-2005, "Save Our State", an anti-illegal immigration group based in Ventura County, launched a series of protests against Danza Indigenas, outdoor artwork at the station by Chicana artist Judy Baca. The monument bears several engraved statements whose origins are not attributed. At issue was one particular inscription – It was better before they came – that Save Our State claimed was directed against Anglo whites. In fact, according to Baca, that sentence was uttered by an Anglo white Baldwin Park politician in the 1950s; he was lamenting the influx of persons of Mexican ancestry into the San Gabriel Valley following World War II. The protests drew counter-protesters, and required city expenditure on crowd control and riot police, an admitted goal of Save Our State.^[1]^[2]

Platforms and tracks

Main track	■ San Bernardino Line	toward L.A. Union Station (El Monte)
Main track	■ San Bernardino Line	toward San Bernardino (Covina)

References

↑ Thermos, Wendy (26 June 2005). "Immigration Protest in Baldwin Park Is Peaceful". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ Miller, Sara B. (29 June 2005). "A monument stirs immigration debate". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

Metrolink – Baldwin Park
Danza Indigenas at the Los Angeles Metro website
Danza Indigenas at the Judy Baca artist website

Metrolink

Commuter lines	91 Antelope Valley Inland Empire–Orange County Orange County Riverside San Bernardino Ventura County

Connecting rail	Amtrak Amtrak California Metro Rail COASTER SPRINTER

Governing agencies	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Orange County Transportation Authority Riverside County Transportation Commission San Bernardino Associated Governments Ventura County Transportation Commission

Ex officio agencies	San Diego Association of Governments Southern California Association of Governments State of California

Other information	List of stations Transportation in Los Angeles Transportation in the Inland Empire

Metrolink San Bernardino Line

Stations	Baldwin Park Cal State LA Claremont Covina El Monte Fontana Los Angeles Union Station Montclair Pomona (North) Rancho Cucamonga Rialto San Bernardino Upland

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