The City of San Diego broke ground on the first of its kind AIDS Memorial Park, honoring those lost in the early years of the epidemic.
Artist rendering of Olive Street Park and AIDS Memorial. A project by the City of San Diego to honor people lost in the early years of the epidemic.
The memorial will include the names of 8,000 San Diegans who died before life-saving treatments were available."Big Mike" Phillips, Graciano's best friend and caretaker until he died in 1989, participated in the groundbreaking. Graciano and Phillips moved to San Diego from San Antonio, Texas and Phillips stayed after Graciano's death and has become a community leader supporting and raising money for HIV/AIDS organizations."Big Mike" Phillips with his late best friend Tino Graziano who died of AIDS in 1989 in this undated photo.Laurie Leonard started Mama’s Kitchen inspired by her mother's cooking, the death of her brother from AIDS and the need to feed patients who were going hungry.
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