Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Boyle Heights

Inside Out 11M Rolls into Boyle Heights

By Susy Chávez Herrera | | 1 Comment
Susy Chávez Herrera grew up in City Terrace, Los Angeles, CA and Colima, Mexico. After years away from home she’s recently returned to LA. A trained anthropologist whose favorite subject are urban settings, she enjoys gardening, and loves nothing more than to lose herself in the sunny streets of Oaxaca, Mexico on a quite Sunday […]

It Is Easy Being Green…for the 1st Street Bike Lane in Boyle Heights

By Damien Newton | | 9 Comments
In contrast to the uproar over the repainting of Downtown’s green bike lane; Spring’s sister bike lane  on 1st Street on the Eastside has proven quietly effective, at least according to anecdotal evidence and utterly uncontroversial. In fact, while residents, business owners, safety advocates, pedestrian advocates, bicycling advocates, urban planners, and the Neighborhood Council came ready […]

Boyle Heights, Here I Come…

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 4 Comments
As Damien announced yesterday, over the next weeks and months, I will be expanding my beat territory to include Boyle Heights. I am excited to have the opportunity to work in a community whose vibrancy I so greatly admire. For the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know the community through […]
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