This Old West Tampa Park was the location for a new mural completed by local artists Edgar Sanchez Cumbas and Guillermo Portieles were selected as the team to create the West Tampa mural through a national call to artists. The mural was commissioned by the City of Tampa Public Art Program, in celebration of Arte 2007.

Individuals depicted in the mural include: Robert “Bob” Saunders, civil rights activist, NAACP Florida director (late 1950s – mid 1960s); Luisa Capetillo, women’s rights activist (early 1900s); José Martí, leader of Cuban independence from Spain, poet and writer (late 1800s); Hugh Macfarlane, Scottish immigrant and attorney, founded West Tampa (1892); and Fernando Figueredo, first Mayor of West Tampa, (1895).

The event was marked by a presentation ceremony lead by Mayor Iorio with Council Members Charlie Miranda and Linda Saul Sena present. The significance of indicating diversity in the unique neighborhood is a highlight of the mural subject.

The work is entitled Kaleidoscope: a Heritage of Color.

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