Youth in San Diego: Skateboards, Beach Hangs and Chicano Culture | The New York Times

[dropcap]San[/dropcap] Diego is credited as one of the birthplaces of skateboarding. The sport took hold there in the 1950s, serving as an alternative to surfing when there were no waves. Today, locals see the skateboard as “a logistical form of transportation but also a style accessory,” the photographer John Francis Peters, who has been living there on and off for five years, said.

Growing up, Mr. Peters would spend summers in San Diego, and Mone’t Panza, pictured above in Lincoln Park, reminded him of the people he observed and admired then. “Every single skater, whether it was a girl or guy, had a completely different style,” he said.
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The Hispanic Society of America was founded in 1904 by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) with the object of establishing a free, public museum and reference library for the study of the art and culture of the Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines. The collections of the Hispanic Society are unparalleled in their scope and quality outside of Spain, addressing nearly every aspect of culture in Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America, into the 20th century.

With more than 900 paintings and 6,000 watercolors and drawings, the Hispanic Society offers a comprehensive survey of Spanish painting and drawing, including masterworks by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, and Sorolla. Similarly, the collection of sculpture contains outstanding pieces from the first millennium B.C. to the early 20th century. Magnificent examples of ceramics, glass, furniture, textiles, ironwork, and jewelry abound among the more than 6,000 objects in the Society’s varied collections of decorative arts.

Among the works on paper, 15,000 prints afford a unique view into the graphic arts in Spain from the seventeenth to the early 20th century. More than 175,000 photographs from 1850 through the early 20th century document the art, culture and customs of Spain and Latin America. The Library offers unrivaled resources for researchers interested in the history and culture of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines, with more than 300,000 books and periodicals, including 15,000 volumes printed before 1701, along with over 250,000 manuscripts, letters, and documents dating from the 11th century to the present. (Website).

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