The Institute of Urban Archiving » Resident http://instituteofurbanarchiving.org Building an archive one cup of coffee at a time. Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:07:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 The LA River, Urban Renewal, and Moving Back to Lincoln Heights http://instituteofurbanarchiving.org/2015/06/29/the-la-river-urban-renewal-and-moving-back-to-lincoln-heights/ http://instituteofurbanarchiving.org/2015/06/29/the-la-river-urban-renewal-and-moving-back-to-lincoln-heights/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 03:00:37 +0000 http://instituteofurbanarchiving.org/?p=230 Story_Header_LAriver

Arturo Romo
Artist, Teacher, Community Organizer
Talks about two sides of Gentrification, landlords and tenants, historical relining and the segregated present. Arturo discusses Chicano local migration and his return to his grandparents house in Lincoln Heights, the former familial epicenter.

“When a community undergoes gentrification there is no place for working class people except to come back and work for the people that live there now.”

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

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Kasandra Hernandez
Radio Personality
Discusses her life, loves, heart breaks, and deaths here at home in Lincoln Heights. “From Lincoln Park to Broadway, to the high school…This is home” Thinking about gentrification without pushing current residents out and giving her opinion on ways of coexistence for future.

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

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Frank Wada, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council Member
Identifies his favorite food spot along the busy Lincoln Heights Broadway corridor

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

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