Unidad Park

This park is small but friendly. You can sit and read a book or take your kids if you have any. It’s a nice place to sit and drink a cup of coffee and read the paper
I like it and its clean. It does not have a restroom so get ready for plan b on that.

need tocome here again. cultured and everything.

This is a pretty small park in the heart of bustling Historic Filipinotown so you might drive by and miss it if you don’t look closely. The mural on the north side is phenomenal and encompasses the entire span of Philippine history. There’s even a community garden in the back. If you’re into Filipino culture or history, you gotta come here and check it out for yourself!
P. S.: Parking is almost always available next to the park along Beverly.

Brought my kids and we enjoyed the moving mural. Proud to be Filipino! Eliseo Mabuhay ka!

This place was another site to see for a Old Historic Filipino Town tour. As we arrived, I was in shocked to see the beautiful mural designed by Eliseo Silva.
Parking: Generally it isn’t a problem to find parking. If you can’t find parking across the street then parking can be found around the corner.
Feels: An intimate and engaging community feel. The play ground has soft ground to cushion people if anyone falls, here is shading just in case if it gets too hot, and there’s a garden accessible for the community! What’s really cool is that some of the designs were inspired by Filipino culture (Try to count as much as you can)!
Overall: Simply beautiful. Maybe it’s because I’ve gone here during sunny days that makes this park beautiful. The mural is beautiful, the playground is fun and safe, and shading is great. Though the layout wasn’t the ideal vision, for what it has with it’s limitations, it’s a great place to be!
TL;DR Tips:
* Need to use the restroom? Ask the servers at the Little Ongpin
* Must see for those that are interested in the Filipino Community
* Contact Eliseo for a more educational lesson on the mural.

Although the neighborhood is designated Historical Filipino Town, it does not have a a heavily concentrated population of Filipinos and the area lacks Philippine visual cultural representation compared to LA’s local Asian designated communities. However, one of the things you definitely need to do in Historical Filipino town is to check out Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana mural («Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy) at the Unidad Park. It’s the largest Filipino American mural in the country that spans 25 feet tall and about 145 feet wide. It was painted by Eliseo Art Silva with more recent restorations and updates) depicting many notable Filipino and Filipino Americans.
The park itself is relatively small compared to other LA parks, but it’s a nice neighborhood park. There is a community garden in the back and a playground. At the park, I read that the park pathways is shaped similar to a yo-​yo and the circular space in the center represents the dap-​ay, a community gathering place of the Igorot people, an indigenous tribal community in the Philippines.
The mural itself is worth a visit to this park. While you’re at it, you can go to a handful of Filipino eateries in the area such as Bahay Kubo, Kapistahan Grill, and Tribal Café (there’s more, but these are the ones I’ve been to).

This is a small park in an odd location like most L.A. parks, but it is perfect and offers a nice place for the kids to play aside from the city chaos.

They really need to put a bathroom in this park. Unfortunately people relieve themselves around the park because there is no bathroom.

This place is a nice little park smack dab in the middle of the city in Historic Filipinotown. The best part about this park (me being a Filipino) is the HUGE mural that illustrates the history of the Filipino American Culture.

Unidad Park is truly a community gem! It is operated by the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust and always has plenty of community activities going on. Local residents often utilize the play ground, covered picnic tables, BBQ grill, and walking trail. Yes, there is a walking trail around the perimeter of the park, allowing folks to exercise while watching their kids play. Another great feature of this park is the community garden, which offers small plots for local residents and stakeholders. The most prominent feature of this park is the massive Filipino American mural next door. A great backdrop to a great park!
I have worked with LANLT on a few community events at this park. For anyone interested in hosting an event at the site, you need to contact LANLT and complete a form.

This is one of the best spots in Historic Filipinotown because of the mural. It is the biggest mural of Filipino American History on the West Coast created by a great, community-​minded artist Eliseo Silva. Also the Pilipino Workers Centers’ Jeepney is now pictured in the mural! We usually start our Jeepney tours from the park now.
Also the park has a nice canopied area, a nice playground and a great community garden space as well!

The recently dedicated Unidad («Unity») Park located at Beverly Blvd. and Union Ave. in Historic Filipinotown is home to the largest mural of Filipino culture and heritage in the United States. In 1995, Eliseo Art Silva painted «Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy» depicting Filipino American history in the US.
Thankfully, the mural is no longer cut off from the public by a chain link fence. Just a little over 2 years ago, this pocket park was a community garden with little public access. Now, with a little TLC from the City of Los Angeles, Unidad Park is looking better with benches, a small playground, a sandbox for the kids and walkways for adults.
If you’re in Historic Filipinotown, be sure to catch this awe-​inspiring mural at this small neighborhood park.
For more information on the mural, please visit: