Introduction: scenes from Northeast Los Angeles -- Boulevards, gentrification, and urban culture -- The stages of neighborhood transition -- From Arroyo culture to NELA arts -- Neighborhood activism and slow growth -- Gentrification, displacement, and the right to the city -- Conclusion: going back to the future
Summary
'Taking Back the Boulevard' tells the story of Northeast Los Angeles known popularly for historic Arts and Crafts architecture, bohemian cultural life, independent small businesses, immigrant diversity and quality of life on its boulevards. It chronicles the initial emergence of these prototypical LA streetcar suburbs and the Arroyo Culture bohemia, then disinvestment with growth of mid-20th century freeway suburbs and white flight with residential succession by incoming Latin American and Asian immigrants
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index
