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.
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Photo: Victor Romero
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.
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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.
Officer Mark Allen, LAPD
Highland Park, Lumis Fesitval 2015
Talks with local resident, Selena Romero, about he has seen over working in the Northeast Los Angeles area for over 10 + years. What benefits for the community comes with “urban renewal?”
Produced: Mario Mesquita & Selena Romero Sound: Mario Mesquita Photo: Victor Romero
Liz Peña Talks about her recent observations on changes occurring in Lincoln Heights, a neighborhood she has lived in all her life, and what could Lincoln Heights be in the future. Giving a suggestion on how to get neighbors to begin to get to know one another. A simple idea, but brilliant in it’s action: a picnic.
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“Tenemos que luchar contra los blancos que nos invaden!” Is how Father Thomas Carey jokingly introduces the subject of gentrification and what some of his parishioners are experiencing. Parishioners of the Historical Church of the Epiphany talk about race differences, and even lack of human respect for one another as a reason for a disconnect between one another, and their own participation in apathy for human interactions.
