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East LA -- Mexican America


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Howdyall:

Went out on a crazed drive-by photo session in East Los Angeles yesterday.

East LA is an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, just east of the Boyle Heights section of the City of Los Angeles.

Back in the 1920s and before, ELA was home to a large Jewish population.  After they got some dough and went to the West Side (Hollywood, etc.) of Los Angeles, Latinos, mostly Mexicans, moved in.  Many descendants of the original residents, as well as new immigrants from Mexico make ELA like a part of Mexico.

The fact that the area is unincorporated also made it a popular place to locate graveyards.

Here is a Catholic cemetery.

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The cemetary had a number of places where one could partake of the ritual of 14 Stations of the Cross (I think.  Any good Catholics out there are welcome to correct me . . . .)

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Another view.

Note that Queen Palm, about 70 feet (34 M) tall, probably there since the Year 1.

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A lonely little Livistona.  

The graves in front are for priests.

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Here's a little chapel, with graves of priests all around it.  Not sure where they bury the nuns.

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This is a family's private masoleum.

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The mausoleum in the preceding pic was ENORMOUS, not a lot smaller than that church.

Thankfully, I left the Red Shoe at home . . . .

Here, someone has the right idea about decorating a grave.  Nothing like palm leaves.

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This is an Auricaria growing in front of someone's house.

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Here's some sugar cane growing in front of the same house.

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Most of the houses in ELA are parking-challenged, so the streets are always lined with parked cars.

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IIn the section near Whittier Booley, most of the houses are very small.

This one probably would sell for about $250K, unless it's on a big lot, in which case it would sell for more.

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A cute little house with Phoenix roebelinii in front.

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A nifty Phoenix for Kris, our phave Phoenix phetishist . . . .

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Here's a Dypsis, in silhouette.  It appears, on closer examination to be a lutescens cut back to one trunk.

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Ever wonder how big a Tupidanthus can get?

Now you know.

This one's about thirty feet (10 m) tall.

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A good name of ELA might be "Place where there are many big Tupidanthus" like this one.

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Murals are everywhere.  You cold probably do a whole photo essay on murals alone.  Most are Mexican themed.  Most, though not all, are relatively free of graffiti.

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I saw this nice new apartment house, and I thought of Kris; note the Phoenix pic'd earlier, right next door.

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Hawkers are everywhere.  This man sells ice cream in the little cooler on wheels he pushes in front of him.

I bought a frozen mango bar.  Yummy!

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Here's another street view.

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Here's a park full of tall Washies, getting near the end of their life span.  When they get too tall, they kind of peter out and die.

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Here's a papaya plant, in the middle of the picture.  It's full of papayas, as you can see if you look closely.  Papayas were all over the place.  Some, like this one, were bushy; most were single-trunkers.

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Neat pics dave. Why are you hanging out in graveyards?

I wish my papayas were looking good. There on a slope which menas that they don't retaing a lot of water and are pretty spindly looking. there is a huuuuge papya tree at a friends house not more than a mile away that looks like it just flew in from Hawaii.

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Nice driveby Dave!  Did anyone duck when you drove up slowly and pulled out your camera?  East L.A. has so many tall Phoenix and Washies that it's pretty cool to drive through.  I wouldn't recommend it if you're not familiar with the "hood" way of life though.  I've heard many stories of people getting lost down a dark cul-de-sac and getting car jacked.  I've been pulled over and "detained" just for being a white guy in East L.A. near the "pueblos" (slang spanish for projects).  They suspected drug activity.  I was taking a girlfriends car to a friends auto shop.  But make a stop at ...bertos (fill in the first three letters), meet the locals, and have a nice fat burrito while checking out the old houses and tall palms and it can be a nice experience.  Thanks Dave!

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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(MattyB @ Nov. 05 2007,04:35)

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Nice driveby Dave!  Did anyone duck when you drove up slowly and pulled out your camera?  East L.A. has so many tall Phoenix and Washies that it's pretty cool to drive through.  I wouldn't recommend it if you're not familiar with the "hood" way of life though.  I've heard many stories of people getting lost down a dark cul-de-sac and getting car jacked.  I've been pulled over and "detained" just for being a white guy in East L.A. near the "pueblos" (slang spanish for projects).  They suspected drug activity.  I was taking a girlfriends car to a friends auto shop.  But make a stop at ...bertos (fill in the first three letters), meet the locals, and have a nice fat burrito while checking out the old houses and tall palms and it can be a nice experience.  Thanks Dave!

I was super discreet.

People get really squirrely when you take their pictures, so I planned each shot, made sure my escape route was planned.  

I also did my best to acquire that Cheech Marin look, so as to blend in a little bit.  Though I guess my face is a bit red to be a Mexican . . . .

Cops do get a bit wierd about white guys in the 'hood.

Some of my classmates at Loyola Law School (which is right on the edge of Skid Row) got quizzed a lot by rookie cops who didn't buy the "we're law students" story, which was true.

Don't know the burrito joint, but there's lots of them.

East LA's cool, in its way.  I almost bought a acre there.

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Nov. 04 2007,13:18)

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Hawkers are everywhere.  This man sells ice cream in the little cooler on wheels he pushes in front of him.

I bought a frozen mango bar.  Yummy!

Nice Dave!  There's quite a few ice cream trucks that drive around near my place, but nobody on foot...

Jack Sayers

East Los Angeles

growing cold tolerant palms halfway between the equator and the arctic circle...

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(elHoagie @ Nov. 05 2007,13:04)

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Nov. 04 2007,13:18)

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Hawkers are everywhere.  This man sells ice cream in the little cooler on wheels he pushes in front of him.

I bought a frozen mango bar.  Yummy!

Nice Dave!  There's quite a few ice cream trucks that drive around near my place, but nobody on foot...

We had about three ice cream trucks.

We also had the chincharrone people, and the fruit guy, who sold sliced mango and papaya.

The tamale lady lurked in the parking lot of Food 4 Less.

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Nov. 05 2007,11:24)

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(elHoagie @ Nov. 05 2007,13:04)

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Nov. 04 2007,13:18)

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Hawkers are everywhere.  This man sells ice cream in the little cooler on wheels he pushes in front of him.

I bought a frozen mango bar.  Yummy!

Nice Dave!  There's quite a few ice cream trucks that drive around near my place, but nobody on foot...

We had about three ice cream trucks.

We also had the chincharrone people, and the fruit guy, who sold sliced mango and papaya.

The tamale lady lurked in the parking lot of Food 4 Less.

I occasionally buy Tamales from a guy that stops by here.  He has a Nova kinda like yours if I remember. I haven't seen him in a while............................ ???

Thanks for doing the "danger viewing" for us! :D

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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250K for that little house.   That house would go for about 40-50K here.  Maybe less.

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Rambertos, Aibertos, Sombertos, Adalbertos, Ronbertos...you SoCal guys know what I'm talking about.  What's with all the ...bertos taco shops?

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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(syersj @ Nov. 05 2007,23:07)

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250K for that little house.   That house would go for about 40-50K here.  Maybe less.

This is California, man!

THe streets are paved with gold, at least where the winos went pee-pee . .. .

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