“Make no little plans” is something many of us have heard before, a motto coined by famed urban planner Daniel Burnham. In a place as big and diverse as Los Angeles, a challenge with planning the city’s future is, in part, a matter of scale: UPDATE: Hollywood Community Plan On March 18, 2021, the L.A. […]

Japanese immigration to the United States first began to boom in the 1880s, following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The absence of Chinese laborers created tremendous opportunities for other low-wage workers, although Japanese immigration would be curtailed in the early twentieth century due to an agreement between the U.S. and Japan. […]

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 […]

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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.