Whenever it’s finished, the new bridge, designed by architect Michael Maltzan, will connect Boyle Heights and the Arts District and cross over a new public art plaza and park.
The last plan wasn’t popular with Boyle Heights residents. Now, on the one-acre property Metro owns next to the Gold Line stop, it wants to put up to 60 units of affordable housing plus a park and space for mariachi musicians to store their instruments.
Work is already underway to replace the old Sixth Street Viaduct with a new one designed by local starchitect Michael Maltzan. But the project will cost a bit more than previously expected, and will take eight months longer to finish.
Just a couple blocks from the Gold Line, this proposed project would bring 76 units to the area on Metro-owned land. They’ll rent to residents making 30 to 60 percent of median income in the area.
Gente-fied—a seven-episode video series dealing with the hot topic of gentrification in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood—will screen at the Sundance Film Festival next year.
The cemetery where thousands of unclaimed bodies are buried occupies what was originally the southernmost corner of historic and sadly decrepit Evergreen Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in Los Angeles.
An empty lot at the southeast corner of Boyle Avenue and First Street in the heart of Downtown-adjacent Boyle Heights could become a mixed-user with affordable housing.
The bilingual show was shot on and around Boyle Heights' historic 1st Street. The show’s costar told Curbed, "it humanizes an issue that otherwise ... if it doesn't touch you directly, then you wouldn't turn to look at it and to think about it."