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Project Description
This project emphasizes the importance of illustrating elements of the
past, present, and future of the neighborhood in order to develop a sense
of history and “place” to be shared among the community.
The web site is organized around four main themes:
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The People: |
the history and demographics of the area |
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The Built Environment: |
the present physical conditions of the area |
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The Place: |
the social characteristics of the area |
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The Future |
the future visions of the neighborhood, and the proposed design of
physical improvement |
The People
The People page provides information on the socio-demographic and economic
characteristics of the area. It includes tables, graphs, and thematic
maps based on census data. Census information is related to population
counts, race and ethnicity, place of origin of foreign born people, age,
household size, language, educational attainment, income, and employment.
Figures are drawn from the 1990 Census. In addition, in order to
provide an historical portrait of the community, data for selected variables
are drawn from the 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 census.
The Built Environment
The Built Environment page covers physical conditions of the urban
form and landscape in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter area. Sub-themes
under the Built Environment are Land use, Landscape & Buildings, and
Transportation. The land use page depicts the primary land use patterns
in the area including information on vacancies. The Landscape &
Buildings page provides photographs of houses, schools, churches, and of
street landscapes that characterize the area. Some buildings pages
include the location of the buildings, and a brief description of the architecture.
The transportation page provides a bus route map of the area, and a bus
stop location map along the Pico Boulevard. A historical map and an aerial
map of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter area are also included to depict the
physical environment of the area in two different periods of the twentieth
century. Since the Built Environment theme is related to the last
two themes -- the Place and the Future -- many of the pages in the Built
Environment have links to pages in the other two themes, “The Place” and
“The Future”, are designed to give viewers a comprehensive portrait of
the community.
The Place
The Place page aims to provide a connection between the first two themes,
i.e. to present a portrait of the social life of the community within the
built environment. It consists of three “Walkabouts” throughout the
neighborhood. The first route covers the Pico Boulevard commercial strip
from Normandie to Hoover, whereas the second route covers the residential
area north and south of Pico Boulevard. Each route includes a number of
locations. Pictures of these locations were taken at the same time on two
different days of the week in order to present the differences in pedestrian
patterns and activities in the neighborhood. This page also features some
of the public art in the neighborhood, which reveals some of the history,
vision of the society, and other values of the community. Finally, the
page includes a directory to the social and cultural resources of the area,
such as schools, churches, and non-profit community organizations.
The Future
The Future page illustrates the future visions of the community in
comparison to the present environment. First, it provides pictures
of what some community members envision for the future of their community.
Community members have various visions about the future of the Byzantine-Latino
Quarter which are expressed in drawings. We have gathered these drawings
from the retreats and subsequent community meetings. This page also
presents the proposals for physical improvement included in the Los Angeles
Neighborhood Initiative Community Work Plan submitted to Los Angeles Neighborhood
Initiative (LANI). Third, the page includes an open “question mark”,
which provides ways to receive feedback from viewers regarding the future
of the neighborhood.
The Facade Improvement
3D Model
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