Gentrification, hipsters, and a blessed dog.
In the LA Times Turning a Lens Homeward chronicles Echo Park resident and high school junior Stephanie Cisneros video documentary of our changing neighborhood.
The Times also probes around Mr. T’s Bowl and finds that hipsters are supposedly ruining the scene: Chavez blames the arrival of Silver Lake and Echo Park hipsters, obsessed with the coolest and the newest. (more…)
In bookstores now Scene of the Crime, Photographs from the LAPD Archive may be of limited interest to many but beyond the graphic crime scene photos are the eyes of some talented photographers and a view into Los Angeles’ always crime ridden core. As many will recall the photos were first compiled by locals Merrick Morton and Robin Blackman for an exhibit at their now closed storefront gallery Fototeka.
In other news while I was away:
Longtime local and Reggae historian Roger Steffens is profiled in the Orion, Cal State Chico’s online magazine.
In the New York Times the Insurance Premiums Take a Toll tells the story of Pioneer Markets recent closing.