Ricardo Palavecino
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In this particular compound here everyone knows each other and helps out. There are probably thirty people that live here.
We used to have tons of frogs at night, and it was such a beautiful sound, it would be: ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.
There are great places to walk. Up in these hills are some beautiful spots to take the baby and the dog. It's nice and has a lot of personality with some great people.
My husband works early and I work in the afternoon that way one of us is always with the kids.
It's up to us, the residents of this community to make sure that the essence of this neighborhood isn't lost.
At Ordway Metal Polishing, we do metal polishing, we do any alloys, we do brass, copper, aluminum, and stainings. We do iron work, we do anything that's got to be bright, we do chrome plating.
In general, the place is a lot cleaner, there's a lot of committees that have started to beautify Atwater.
Since then the economy's been slow. After 15 years I had to sell. Now I open up shop two times a year: Halloween and Easter.
I've been a motorcycle mechanic for almost thirty years now. I work for a shop and most of the time I ride my motorcycle to work.
A lot of people around Frogtown know me as "Space." I've been born here, raised here. Artist by nature, cyclist by hobby.
I work as the senior lead officer where I'm in charge of improving quality of life for the community here. I'm in charge of Cypress Park, Glassell Park, and part of the Mount Washington area.
They brought me from the hospital straight here. And I've been here forever. I'm 26 now and I've lived here my whole life.