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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 […]

CBS' Television City was one of the first and largest complexes built expressly for television production and broadcasting, and clearly signified L.A.'s intent to become the capital of television broadcasting.

My father, Bill Phillips, operated Phillips Music Company on Brooklyn Ave. from 1935-1992.  USC historian, George Sanchez, described the store as follows: “But as we did more interviews, we kept hearing different stories from other people about Bill Phillips, who owned this music store on Brooklyn Avenue.” We started to interview Latino musicians who came […]

One of the oldest houses in Elysian Heights, the property is notable for its connection to the Aréchiga family who were the face of the fight to protect the Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop neighborhoods from demolition.