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

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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

The Good Outweighing the Bad of Gentrification

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Highland Park Resident
Lumis Festival 2015

Compares gentrification in Northeast Los Angeles, the city she left, and Washington D.C., the city she now lives and works in. Shares her favorite food spots and neighborhood landmarks like La Estrella and Café de Leche, as well as businesses that would “come and go”.

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Good Girl Dinette

Produced: Selena Romero
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Victor Romero

High School Hang Out and Favorite Spot to Eat Still in Existence

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Tonya, Highland Park Resident, Lincoln Heights Adjacent Resident
Lumis Fesitval 2015

El Huarache Azteca has been in the neighborhood for years, and for many still living in the neighborhood, despite whatever rating is posted in the window, is still a spot to go for delicious Mexican food. Tony and friends, no matter the time past and distance that separates them, remember it fondly but haven’t been back because of the changing times.

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Victor Romero

What can a Neighborhood Council do & Gentrification

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Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Lumis Festival 2015

Monica Alcaraz, Highland Park Neighborhood Council’s President, and other members, gives us a brief explanation of what they can do and how they take care of the neighborhood, keeping the community and gentrification in mind.

“One of the things we need to do as a community is  to help preserve what’s there and to help those that don’t have a voice…”

The Marketplace Coverage of Gentrification and Opening of a Bureau by The Wealth & Poverty Desk: York & Fig

Talking about gentrification vs. what actions can be taken about gentrification.

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

Curiosity & The Institute of Urban Archiving Gets the Table Turned on them

 

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Highland Park Neighborhood Council Members
Lumis Festival 2015

Ask the Institute of Urban Archiving team what we are doing and what we are all about. We talk potential Lincoln Heights community partners and how to stay in touch. Curiosity is our best friend. We learn from each other and is the best way to get to know one another. We ask questions about what community members are seeing in their own neighborhood. What they want their neighborhood to be and memories they have had.

The Cart, or Mobile Research Lab, it’s evolution, and its useful purpose to take around the neighborhood, inviting people for free coffee in exchange for conversations about changes on their block.

“Why don’t you do it in Highland Park?”

It was a great way to get to know what more the Neighborhood Council can offer their residents.

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Highland Park Neighborhood Council

Produced: Mario Mesquita & Selena Romero
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita