Wayne Perry talks being born and leaving Lincoln Heights, Gentrification, Co-Founding Cermaic Studio 153, & the Flower Shop in Echo Park

Wayne Perry
Artist, Art Fabricator, Co-founder of Cermaic Studio 153
Talks about his very early years in the neighborhood, his parents, migrating farther east, and his experience on Gentrification, from Echo Park to Lincoln Heights.

From rough streets to flower shops, boutiques, and coffee shops, is there a middle ground to be found?

Ceramic Studio 153
Wayne Perry Art

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita

What Kinds of Changes Do We Want to See, Growing up in Lincoln Heights, & Fighting for Rights

Vera Padilla
Long time Resident, Teacher, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council Woman

“I think that’s what we want to see here…”

Is Highland Park something that we want to see happen in Lincoln Heights? Fight for your rights and where to start. Vera talks about changes she sees as positive that would help Lincoln Heights, growing up, what it was like in La Cañada and coming back to Lincoln Heights.

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquit