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Eric Perrodin - Mayor of Compton - Planning  and Development
5:34
"Our community has an over abundance of things they don't need - such as liquor stores."
Departures: L.A. River Kicks Off
0:11
The Academy's student body has little contact with green space in Los Angeles.
Frank Murphy - Density is Green
3:30
"There isn't a whole lot of fun for me unless I can bring these various artists..."
David Judson - Garvanza - Retreat to Garvanza
2:17
David Judson describes how William Lees Judson left Ontario and settled in Garvanza.
Marie Hollis - From the South to Compton - Transitions
4:05
Marie Hollis describes how the Compton area gradually becomes majority black.
Ellis Cooke - Richland Farms in 1960s
3:23
"Richland Farms was an open field, people used to ride horses all the way to the LA River"
Frank Murphy - A Litmus Test
2:36
"This never was a suburb by the sea and it's never going to be a suburb by the sea."
Nicole Possert - Plein Air - Capturing Desires
2:20
Garvanza was seen as a place where people came to rediscover and recreate themselves.
Josh Sides - From the South to Compton - On Race
5:12
There was a brief moment in time when blacks and white peacefully coexisted in Compton.
Frances Anderton - Lawrence Scarpa
0:50
"The architecturally dramatic part of his house..."
Flying Pigeon - Josef Bray-Ali - Bicycling Advocacy
5:05
Josef Bray-Ali explains how bicycle advocacy strengthened through group rides.
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