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Ozomatli and Congresswoman Stump for Mental Health Funding

16 years of Ozomatli's out-of-the-nightclub conga lines would not have been were it not for group therapy.

Sunny Los Angeles Lags on Solar Energy, Says UCLA/USC Report

"The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has failed to take advantage of the tremendous environmental and economic potential that solar power offers our region."

The Future of the Arroyo Seco Parkway

Just as the Highline in New York City was re-purposed as a city park once it had outlived its usefulness, infrastructure such as the Arroyo Seco Parkway could potentially be re-imagined to respond to changing needs and behaviors in the city.

Reimagining The Arroyo Seco

In a dense city lacking in public space, the Arroyo Seco and the Los Angeles River open up the possibility for the creation of a unique "central park" that could knit together communities along the river's length, providing pocket parks at the edges, a...

The Audubon Center

At the turn of the last century, Highland Park was distinguished by its unique natural beauty and winding Arroyo Seco. After WWII, as urbanization…

Urban Homestead

Urban homesteading loosely refers to the formal pursuit of local sustainable living, urban agriculture, and a general awareness of DIY household consumption and recycling practices. This concept is nothing new to Highland Park and to many communities i...

Arts & Crafts Revisited

As Lummis, Percival and others celebrated community and experimentation in the age of industrialization, today's artists and thinkers are digging their hands into the dirt to create conceptual art, using yarn to mark territories - real or imagined, cla...

Artichoke: Band from Highland Park

Many musicians have been inspired by Highland Park - Jackson Browne with "Lawless Avenues" and Eleanor Friedberger's "Inn of the Seventh Ray" comes to mind - but local band Artichoke and main songwriter Timothy Sellers are the first - and perhaps only ...

Tierra De La Culebra: Park and Sculpture

After the 1992 civil uprising in L.A., artist Tricia Ward was given an opportunity to initiate a community arts workshop in Highland Park designed to engage local youth in the development and on-going implementation of community programs.

Benjamin Franklin High School

Throughout its hundred year history, Benjamin Franklin High School has reflected the character and people of Highland Park. It has changed and grown from a majority middle class Anglo school to a predominately working class Latino student body. Much li...

The Gold Line: Metro Rail

Connecting the areas between East L.A. and Pasadena, the Gold Line has created a shared experience among the residents of varied areas, emphasizing the need for residents to coexist in public spaces, regardless of income or race.

The York Gastropub

The York owner Ryan Ballinger works with neighboring businesses to support transportation initiatives and, as a future Highland Park homeowner, looks forward to a growth in the area's social amenities. With an eye on growing the neighborhood's historic...

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