Highland Park
At the turn of the 20th century, Highland Park was a vibrant bohemian community that shaped the cultural life of the city. Today, just after the turn of the 21st century, that same DIY, bohemian ethos again is alive in the neighborhood.
History:
There is a peculiar residence hall at Occidental College that was built for the purpose of housing the Russian team during the 1984 Olympic games. Or was it?
History:
As Occidental College celebrates its 125th anniversary this week, we take a look back at the school's early years in Highland Park.
Neighborhood Notes:
News and stories on the shifting culture of our neighborhoods.
Highland Park:
This week in history: the 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts displayed the largest mobilization of Chicano youth leaders in Los Angeles history.
Portraits:
A new exhibit in Lincoln Heights celebrates what would have been Salazar's 84th birthday, with photos, articles, art, documentary films and dramatic readings of some of his most important articles.
Portraits:
How would Charles Lummis celebrate his birthday in contemporary L.A.?
Maps:
Today marks the end of the Mexican-American War which not only secured the Southwest region for the U.S., but created a foundation of neighborhoods in L.A. still visible today.
Highland Park:
Here's how you can use the Highland Park Field Guides to plan a day trip around this wonderful historic neighborhood.
Highland Park:
Olive Percival was not college educated but read voraciously and wrote prolifically, with several published books to her name and a revered collection of antique books.
Highland Park:
Down-hyl Claim, the Arroyo home of the multi-faceted Olive Percival, was filled with magnificent collections of books, toys and dolls.
Arts:
What would a mixtape made in Highland Park in 1905 sound like? A large part of it would consist of recordings made by Charles Lummis.
Highland Park:
The relighting of Manning's Coffee Shop sign is the second neon sign to be restored along Highland Park's Figueroa Street by a pack of community leaders and preservationists.
Highland Park:
Who is Olive Percival? An author? A gardener? A toy maker? An advocate for suffrage, animals and trees? An insurance clerk? She's all of these and more.
Highland Park:
Resurrected Histories explores the Chicano/a art movement through art collectives such as Centro de Arte Publico and Mechicano Art Center in Highland Park during the 1970s. It culminates as an exhibition opening this Saturday at Avenue 50 Studio.
Portraits:
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch readers voted Angelina Saenz, a teacher in Aldama Elemntary's dual immersion program, as "Person of the Year."
Arts:
KnitRiot, a secret group of knitters, strike their second target, PATHMall homeless shelter in Hollywood.
Highland Park:
In 1972 East L.A. legends El Chicano performed on KCET's Acción Chicano, a program produced by Jesus Trevino.
Highland Park:
Millard Canyon offers a glimpse of the Arroyo Seco as the Hahamog'nas - and later the artists - may have seen.
Production Notes:
Departures has been awarded an Arroyo Verde Award by the Arroyo Seco Foundation for our contribution to enhance and preserve the history and culture of the Arroyo Seco.
Murals:
Before Facebook and Tweets rallied protesters to public space, murals occupied the walls.
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