Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.

THE LOS ANGELES STATE HISTORIC PARK

Los Angeles State Historic Park
Los Angeles State Historic Park
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1/4: A State Park for Los Angeles
2/4: The Ellis Island of Los Angeles
3/4: Not a Cornfield
4/4: Layers of Culture
Slideshow: Not a Cornfield

In 2005, a 32-acre industrial brown field in Chinatown became a locus for political infighting and intrigue between local real estate developers, community activists and artists, each group claiming the land in the name of a different vision and use. One such vision was the Not a Cornfield Project, created by Farmlab as an investigation on land use, which turned the 32-acres into a cornfield for one full growth cycle. Today, the lot houses the Los Angeles State Historic Park, which has 13-acres for public use at the southern end, until a formal design for a city park is completed and approved in full.

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