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Before the community of Point Loma says adios to that patch of dirt along Famosa and near Nimitz -- that's been called various names over the years, like the "Famosa Pump Track" and more recently "Famosa Canyon" -- there has to be some kind of reckoning with its history.
Here is an edited version of Katie Mae B's "Some History of the Dirt & Kids at the Famosa Pump Track – With Plenty of Questions Remaining," posted on the Rag March 19, 2019.
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Before the community of Point Loma says adios to that patch of dirt along Famosa and near Nimitz -- that's been called various names over the years, like the "Famosa Pump Track" and more recently "Famosa Canyon" -- there has to be some kind of reckoning with its history.
Here is an edited version of Katie Mae B's "Some History of the Dirt & Kids at the Famosa Pump Track – With Plenty of Questions Remaining," posted on the Rag March 19, 2019.
At the Famosa Open Space pump track, what makes it a perfect place is "the dirt," -- The unique mix of dirt, sand and organic materials," locals say. Two of these locals have been active in Famosa Open Space pump track at different points over a few decades and with the same core group. Now [in 2019] they are a part of the larger group working together to save the whole space.
