Varrio Iris Ave

Are these foos still active ? From Brown Kingdom:

I DON'T KNOW NADIE FROM IRIS AV PERSONALLY, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO POST SOMETHING UP HERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE HISTORICAL RECOGNITION PAGES. WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF IRIS AVENUE WAS SOMETIME BACK WHEN I'D RIDE THE TROLLEY LINE FROM SIDRO TO WOP TOWN AND VISIT MY FAMILY. THEN LATER WHEN I MOVED DOWN TO THE SOUTH BAY, I STARTED HEARING STORIES OF THEM IRIS AVENUE LOKOS RIDING HARD. FROM THEN UNTIL NOW, I KEEP HEARING THE SAME, EITHER OLD STORIES OR NEWER TAG-BANGING. IRIS IS STILL THERE IN IT'S ORIGINAL GROUNDS FOR SURE.

VARRIO IRIS AVENUE 13 INSANE FAMILY I’VE READ HAD IT’S BEGINNINGS WITH A CRAZY CROWD FROM THAT SAME GENERAL AREA THAT WENT BY THE NAME OF FCW (FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD). FCW WAS THERE IN THOSE GROUNDS SINCE BACK IN THE 1980’s. FCW OG’s ARE SAID TO HAVE COME FROM OR HAD CONNECTS WITH THE WORLD-WIDE FCW CHAPTERS FROM CHICAGO, NEW YORK, MIAMI, SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES, AND THEN FCW LANDED HERE IN SAN DIEGO’s SOUTH SIDE IRIS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD. FCW WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE UP OF ALL RAZAS; PUERTO RICANS, CHICANOS, NEGRITOS, PINOYS AND HUEROS. OVER TIME THIS DIDN’T FLY WELL IN THE CHICANO WORLD POLITICS FOR A VARRIO IN THIS PART OF TOWN, SO THAT FCW HAD TO BE PUT BY THE WAYSIDE,AND THEN VIA ROSE UP IN ITS PLACE AS A FULL-FLEDGED SURENO VARRIO IN THE 1990s.

IRIS AVE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO ALL THEIR ENEMIES AROUND LIKE DEL SOL TO THEIR EAST (ON THE EAST SIDE OF BEYER BLVD), SIDRO TO THE SOUTH (SOUTH OF THE 905), AND NESTOR TO THE WEST (WEST OF THE I-5). VARRIO IRIS AVENUE MORE OR LESS FALLS IN-BETWEEN ALL THOSE SMALL STREETS BOUNDED BY THE TROLLEY/TRAIN TRACKS ON THE EAST, THE 905 FREEWAY ON THE SOUTH, AND CORONADO AVENUE TO THE NORTH. IT’S A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH HAS SEVERAL MOBILE HOME PARKS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES NEXT TO SOME STREETS WITH SINGLE HOME RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THE SAN DIEGO PD SOUTHERN DIVISION RIGHT DEAD SMACK IN THE MIDDLE., SO MAYBE THAT’S HOW COME THEY HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL THE RAZAS LIVING HERE. IT’S A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED BY THE FREEWAYS AND BUSINESS PARKS AND WAREHOUSING BUILDINGS. BUT THIS IS WHERE IRIS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVES ON.

NO DISRESPECT TO NESTOR 19 ST, THE VARRIO IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR WEST, WHO SOME PEOPLE CLAIMING STATE THAT IRIS AVENUE IS PART OF THEIR ZONE, HOWEVER THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT WHILE ON THE CITY MAPS TRACT, THE COMMUNITY OF NESTOR EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO THOSE SAME IRIS R&R TRACKS, HOWEVER, THE NESTOR “VARRIO GANG” HAS NEVER EVER EXTENDED THAT FAR EAST PAST THE 5 FREEWAY. THEREFORE NO, IRIS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NEVER EVER BEEN PART OF VARRIO NESTOR.

THE IRIS NEIGHBORHOOD GREW UP IN THE 1970’s, THAT’S WHY SAN DIEGO CITY PLANNERS DECIDED UPON AN IRIS TROLLEY STATION THERE IN 1981 INSTEAD OF ON CORONADO AVENUE. THAT’S HOW MUCH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GREW UP AND THEN THE WHOLE CRAZYNESS IN THAT AREA BLEW UP IN THE 1980’s WITH FCW AND OTHERS LIKE IDM AND UBC, PLUS THE SYCO POSEE ALL BEING AROUND THERE OR GOING TO SCHOOL RIGHT THERE AT IRIS AT SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH (DEFUNCT). SOME FCW, IDM, UBC EVEN STARTED GOING BY THE NAME “INSANE FAMILY” A NAME WHICH SURVIVES IN THE VIA13 INSANE FAMILY CLIQUE NAME OF THE 1990’s. NOW IT’S BEEN 3 DECADES AND IxA IS STILL STANDING ON THOSE GROUNDS.

I WISH I HAD MORE TO ADD, BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE FROM IRIS, BUT I DO HEAR THAT THEY ARE A SMALL BUT TIGHT-KNIT CLAN.

ORALE, PROPS TO VARRIO IRIS AVENUE 13 INSANE FAMILIA

CON RESPETO