Interested in digging deeper into the history of the Eastside? Check out the resources below! Acuña, Rudolfo. A Community under Siege: A Chronicle of Chicanos East of the Los Angeles River, 1945-1975. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Center, 1980. De León, Arnoldo and Richard Griswold del Castillo. North to Aztlán: A History of Mexican Americans […]

In celebration of the Conservancy reaching the milestone of teaching ten Community Leadership Boot Camp programs, we’re spotlighting graduates of the Boot Camp program. Please meet Mariko Lochridge, a 2023 Boot Camp Grad and 2024 Conservancy Preservation Award winner for Little Tokyo Service Center’s Small Biz Hype Squad program.

These glimpses of life on Terminal Island are excerpted from testimony by Conservancy member Joe Mendez before the Port of Los Angeles. Joe’s support and participation were important in showing the Port that the historic places of Terminal Island reflect the real lives of real people. Thank you, Joe! You can also read Joe’s full […]

Los Angeles is a large and diverse city, and its historic places and landmarks tell many stories. But whose stories are told? Whose history is preserved and remembered? In Los Angeles and across the nation, very few sites associated with Asian American history are designated landmarks at the local, state, or national levels. To help […]

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Throughout the 1920s and ’30s, about forty percent of the population in Boyle Heights was Jewish. The core of the community was Brooklyn Avenue, since renamed Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, which hosted a string of Jewish-owned businesses, including the original Canter’s Deli.  Distinct from the upwardly mobile Jewish community that emerged in Hollywood and the Westside before […]