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Former LA hospital—once a lifeline for Japanese Americans—is up for landmark status
It wasn’t just minority patients who were discriminated against. Japanese American doctors had to fight a discriminatory law in the U.S. Supreme Court before opening the hospital in 1929.
Jog of the dead: Eastside getting another cemetery jogging path
Calvary Cemetery—bounded by 3rd Street, Downey Road, Eastern Avenue, and Whittier Boulevard in East LA—is set to get a jogging path along its borders, plus a bike lane.
Updated American Foursquare in Boyle Heights asks $815K
Built in 1888 for a Civil War veteran who also served as a state senator for Iowa, the modernized property features six bedrooms, three baths, separate guest quarters, a basketball court, and a swimming pool.
The Sixth Street Viaduct’s arches are slowly coming down
The first arch on the local icon is down; the others will come down later this month. The arches beginning to come down coincides with the demolition project hitting its halfway mark. The replacement will be complete by the end of 2019.
Love the Sixth Street bridge? Here's your chance to own a piece of it
The city has preserved chunks of the beloved viaduct, which is being demolished right now because it threatened to collapse in an earthquake. Remnants be given away to the public next month so you cherish it forever.
Boyle Heights activists want to banish all art galleries
They fear planners, politicians, and developers are using the flourishing art scene to rebrand their neighborhood: "We know that if the galleries go up, the value of the properties go up."
1895 Boyle Heights house getting restored, moved
The Peabody Werden house is being moved to make way for low-income housing, but it's not going far. At its new spot across the street, the house will be restored and reused as for community-focused programs.
Boyle Heights Craftsman is lovingly restored
Asking $599,000, this three-bedroom home was built in 1911 and was extensively renovated over the past few years. It features beautiful built-in cabinetry and original light fixtures.
Visiting the Sixth Street Bridge Mid-Demolition
After the bridge's February closure and a weekend-long shutdown of the 101 Freeway, the Sixth Street Viaduct's demolition has steadily continued. We checked in on the progress and got an up-close look at the concrete carnage.
Boyle Heights Battling Fiercely Against Gentrification
A new story illustrates the lengths some community groups are going to in order to keep gentrifying forces from irrevocably changing Boyle Heights. One organization has shut down a walking tour and run opera singers out of a park.
LA Trying to Make Some 'Hoods a Little Less Polluted
The new Clean Up, Green Up ordinance will start with some minor regulations in three working class communities with well-known pollution issues and requires buffers between some polluting businesses and homes.
Watch the Badass Women Bicyclists of Boyle Heights
The all-female bike crew Ovarian Psyco-Cycle fights against gentrification.
Horrible Boyle Heights Crime Scene a Hot Property
Listing site Redfin predicts a "70 percent chance this home will sell in the next 7 days."
