LA River - Student Maps
Rosa's Map
In the process of discovering their neighborhoods, students are asked to draw a map of the places that are meaningful to them. This subjective experience results in a personal map that reflects students' experience and memory of their communities. These maps are not supposed to be geographically accurate, but more represent the students' mental landscape of where they live.
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Rosa's Lincoln Heights

Rosa's Lincoln Heights

This is the map of my neighborhood Lincoln heights. Damn taggers are always making the place look more ghetto than it actually is. It's not a hysterical neighborhood but robbery, shootings, and assaults do tend to happen here just like...
April's Neighborhood in Koreatown

April's Neighborhood in Koreatown

My neighborhood isn't the best one out there. I remember when I was young I used to love that place. I grew up with so many of my friends that ended up being cholos or ended up in jail. Now...
Sophia's Personal Map

Sophia's Personal Map

Hey! This is my map of my community, "Lincoln Heights." In my neighborhood, it's pretty quiet during the day and night. It's also very cultural and has different races in different blocks with Asians, French, and Latin. The only problem...
Mr. Arthur's Neighborhood

Mr. Arthur's Neighborhood

This is MY neighborhood. I live on Ave 33, a dead end street that is isolated form the rest of the community. Lincoln Heights is a small nieghborhood in northeast Los Angeles infuriated by Love, Drugs, Violence and A LOT...
Angels Map Yo!

Angels Map Yo!

This is a map of my neighborhood. My neighborhood isn't the best one out there but i think its a very interesting one. One thing people think when they hear Lincoln Heights is GANGS, its true but there is many...
Mike's Map

Mike's Map

This map illustrates my neighborhood, or what i consider it to be. In it, you'll find places i hold dear, places i visit on a daily basis. My neighborhood is more than a daily setting, its become a part of...
Geo's Neighborhood

Geo's Neighborhood

Hey my name is Geovanni Cali and I'm going to give you a taste of what i go through almost every day. I live in Lincoln Heights, a neighborhood by East Los Angeles. Its a community with a diverse hispanic...
FROM WESt tO EASt

FROM WESt tO EASt

This is a map of my L.A. They say where someone grows up shapes their future. I live in Los Angeles and this isn't the most normal place to grow up, at very young ages you get to see things...
Marcy's Hood

Marcy's Hood

I was having a hard time thinking of things that make my neighborhood was it is; the neighborhood I know and love. But then I thought of what I miss the most about Los Angeles when I'm in Mexico. When...
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The "Ghetto."

This map is a map that I drew to illustrate my neighborhood. My neighborhood is not the best neighborhood around due to the gangs and different problems here in Lincoln Heights. You'll find a lot of different areas of interest...
Brenda's Personal Map

Brenda's Personal Map

Hey! This is my home, where I grew up, Lincoln Heights! The neighborhood isn't the worst place in the world, there have been minimal shootings. The only problem around my neighborhood is that there's tagging almost everywhere! This is my...
Renee's Neighborhood Map

Renee's Neighborhood Map

This is how I see my neighborhood. I've lived in Atwater Village all my life and I'm proud of it. Though it may not be something special and no one may know of it but is everything to me. There...
Stephanie's Community

Stephanie's Community

This is how I see my community and life style are. I love every single part because they represent a part of me. Most of the places are known, others are not. But either way their special to me. For...
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