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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. sin turista photographer documenting the boulevard's changing landscape.
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york and avenue 50. café de leche is the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. the textural elements of the neighbourhood change from spanish to english.
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york and avenue 50. during the predominantly latino era, foot traffic was about (15-20) people per hour. currently, it can easily reach (50-60) people per hour in this new consumer driven economy.
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york and avenue 50. a visible and audible change occurs on york around this time. spanish is no longer heard and english becomes the predominant street sounds.
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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. the wealth of real estate agents and their pugs becomes quite prevalent.
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york and avenue 50. the signs show a clash of aesthetics, SUVs and luxury cars in the background to a pug with its own hand woven sarape surround the local elderly man.
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york and avenue 50. the once chinese kareoke restaurant, then "the wild hare" which shunned the street and locals with its exclusivity, the space eventually became "the york" which seems to appropriate the street scene.
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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. a survivor of this wave of gentrification is zeppelin music which pays homage to and services the latino metal and rock n' roll tribes of highland park.
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york and avenue 50. you can buy a piñata online for $30-$60. here it is $12-$15 and still over priced if you consider its origins further east in the city.
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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. every family has one aunt that wants to be a kardassian... even latino families.
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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. less than a block away change begins to show itself within a years time.
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york and avenue 50. the store front and glass shop operated by artist cathy mulligan, a gentrifying force with her imposition of a parklet on local business, gets displaced for a more affluent artists and contemporary gallery space.
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york and avenue 50. the first visible epicenter of gentrification in highland park. the less timid local residents walk the boulevard looking for inclusion in the new economy.
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york and avenue 50. the less timid local residents walk the boulevard looking for inclusion in the new economy. and a few others still find it the fastest way home or to the bus stop.
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york and avenue 50. the expressionist montage "revitalisation, gentrification, displacement" illustrates the murky and confusing process of gentrification through the aesthetics of the street.
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figueroa street. the greyhound becomes the epicenter of the figueroa gentrification wave. it displaces one of the few remaining pupuserias along figueroa.
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figueroa street. just a couple doors next to the greyhound is one of two county facilities where hundreds of local low income residents access health and mental health services.
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figueroa street. highland park was a sub-economy of the surrounding wealthy enclaves. the gardeners and street vendors are a highly visible workforce on the streets and panederias of highland park.
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figueroa street. highland park was a sub-economy of the surrounding wealthy enclaves of pasadena and glendale. the latino urbanism developed as a result of the local workforce importing its native value system to meet its own needs.
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figueroa street. twenty-something latinos who have grown up in a spanish language barrio and undergone partial assimilation have come back to their ancestral homes after college to find they are not welcomed in their own communities.
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figueroa street. pioneers from the creative class developed an underground scene long before the whispers of gentrification began. it is exemplified by mr t's bowl a popular music venue held over from the 1990s.
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figueroa street. latino urbanism developed as a result of the local workforce importing its native value system to meet its own needs. avenue 56 and figueroa is revealing itself to be at social center for a variety of segments in the community.
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figueroa street. “latino urbanism” or the vibrant street culture developed as a result of the local workforce importing its native value system to meet its own needs.
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figueroa street. gentrification affects the elderly living on fixed incomes with rising rents. we are finding many becoming homeless because they are unwilling and unable to leave someplace they called home for so many years.
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figueroa street. most mexicans agree the government is corrupt, so the mexican flag is considered a cultural symbol that is part mythology to a post colonial people.
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figueroa street. the length of figueroa supports a wide variety of subcultures. on the southern portion of figueroa, cypress park begins to see the first wave of gentrification as well as in nearby lincoln heights.
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figueroa street. this strip of businesses are closed sunday afternoons as a traditional day for church and family with the exception of the fruit and helado stand. new businesses tend to sell more alcohol and keep later hours.
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figueroa street. "experienced cook needed..." one of the rationalisations for gentrification is at it brings jobs and economic revitalisation. however, the new economy devours the old one in a quest for profits and does nothing to include or integrate the existing.
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figueroa street. an encounter between new and old residents. the latina women is inquiring about pop physique services who's ads feature provocative close ups of women's thin bikini clad butts.
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figueroa street. highland park has a 38% poverty rate. no new development or city plan includes addressing their presence in the community.