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historic preservation
Lost L.A.
How the Watts Towers Escaped Demolition
Post date:In the late 1950s, the city of Los Angeles issued a condemnation order for the towers. Today, they're celebrated as a landmark work of art.
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City Rising
The History of South Central Los Angeles and Its Struggle with Gentrification
Post date:Rising property values, no rent controls, Metro's expansion and the arrival of the Rams all contribute to the area's complex gentrification issues.
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urban
SoCal Connected
Construction Finally Starts on Jordan Downs Redevelopment Project
Post date:The city of Los Angeles begins construction on Jordan Downs project redevelopment
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Affordable Housing
SoCal Connected
Public Housing Promises in Watts
Post date:Watts is home to the largest concentration of public housing west of the Mississippi.
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Departures
Departures
Watts Waits: Anticipating the Future of Jordan Downs
Post date:Filmmaker Drew Bachrach captures the current climate of anticipation and frustration at Jordan Downs in his film, “Watts Waits.”
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Departures
Watts Waits: The Proposal to Rebuild Jordan Downs
Post date:Plans to turn Jordan Downs into a 119-acre mixed-income urban village has been declined twice.
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fast food
Food
Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson Open LocoL in Watts
Post date:Two chefs had a dream to provide quality, healthful fast food alternatives to under-served communities. On Martin Luther King Day, LocoL opened its first location in Watts.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
"The Comeback Kid": Willowbrook's History and Transformation
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Watts
Departures
Revisiting the 1965 Watts Rebellion: Watts Today is Vibrant
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l.a. letters
History & Society
New Visions and Fresh Starts in Watts and South Los Angeles
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The Nosh
Food
Gallery: Food Culture in Watts
Post date:South L.A. isn't just a food desert. Even if we're only talking about food, and ignoring everything else that makes a community whole. There is an active food culture in Watts and the neighborhoods and cities surrounding it.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Artist and Gallerist Dale Brockman Davis Reflects on the Watts Uprising
Post date:On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Watts uprising, Artbound met with Dale Brockman Davis to reflect on the origins of the Brockman Gallery, the cultural landscape of South L.A., and the effects the discord had on the area's artistic co...
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Press Room
Watts Riots 50th Anniversary Online Hub Launches on kcet.org/Watts
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Music
Artbound
Every Ten Feet was a Soldier: Jazz and the Watts Rebellion
Post date:Watts has produced generations of jazz talent. For many musicians who witnessed the 1965 riots, their decayed and burning neighborhood revealed to the rest of the world on live TV screens bore no resemblance to the cultural and racial Eden their parent...
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l.a. letters
History & Society
South L.A. on the Rise
Post date:This week L.A. Letters highlights a few groups and individuals that are doing phenomenal work to make South L.A. rise.
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intersections
History & Society
A Clear Blue Vision: L.A. Light Rail Transit and Twenty Five Years of the Blue Line
Post date:The Blue Line is one of the most used light rail in the nation. With its 25th anniversary on the horizon this July, a look back at its creation proves a useful means to think about L.A.'s transit past, present, and future.
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KCET Press Releases
Press Room
KCET's Award-Winning Weekly Series 'SOCAL CONNECTED' Looks at Unanswered Questions Around the Growing Use of Body Cameras by Southern California Police Officers
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environmental justice
Departures
Making Health Happen in South L.A.
Post date:South L.A. residents are increasingly vulnerable to a number of negative health outcomes due to high levels of pollution from traffic emissions and oil extraction sites in close proximity to homes, schools, parks, and healthcare facilities.
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Murals
Departures
Mobile Mapping Technology Helps Build Stronger and Healthier Communities in Los Angeles
Post date:With the proliferation of mobile phones, digital cartography has taken off as a community-building tool. Using geotags for posted photographs and status updates, people can relay valuable information about the communities they live in.
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Health
Departures
South L.A. Residents Face Staggering Environmental Health and Justice Problems
Post date:South L.A. has been identified as one of the most polluted areas in the state, and its residents will live five years less than those from other parts ofLos Angeles.