Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
From the Arroyo Confluence looking at the Highway 110
The Arroyo Seco watershed runs all the way from the San Gabriel Mountains through Pasadena, spilling into the Los Angeles River near downtown L.A. Many historians and ecologists consider this confluence to be the center of the city's history and evolution. Today it is marked forlornly by a chain link fence and a makeshift homeless shelter.
Above is a video portrait of the Arroyo Seco Confluence.
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