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Merrill Butler, one of LA's preeminent engineers, once described the Glendale-Hyperion viaduct as "an architectural jewel in a landscape setting."
Many historians and ecologists consider the Arroyo Seco confluence to be the center of Los Angeles' history and evolution.
When Griffith D. Compton donated his land to incorporate and create the city of Compton in 1889, he stipulated that a certain acreage be zoned for agricultural purposes only, and Richland Farms was born.
In honor of National Poetry Month, a video of Keith Jones performing his poem.
In honor of National Poetry Month, Kelly Simpson shares with us two haikus.
The real Chinatown, the one that thousands of proud immigrants call home, bears no real resemblance to those squalid portraits painted by popular culture.
Decorated in pink camo fatigues, Barbara Peck refers to herself as a soldier of peace
Professor Karen Umemoto lived in the vicinity and began a two-year ethnographic study, interviewing many of Oakwood's residents during and after the gang conflict.
Lindsey Haley was raised in Venice, her family part of the Chicano wave that took roots on the Westside during the 1960s and 1970s
The only public green space in the highly dense neighborhood of Oakwood is the Oakwood Recreation Center.
Steve Clare funded and lead the Venice Community Housing Corporation.
At the center of the Mar Vista Gardens housing project is its recreation center.
Estrella Sanchez grew up coming to this center and knew of the old Mar Vista Gardens.
