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Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Spaces

Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Spaces . Area of study, downtown LA, and Mcarthy Park. ? Whats this dude saying?. Pg.287 end of 1 st paragraph , LA’s public spaces are shrinking

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Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Spaces

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  1. Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Spaces Area of study, downtown LA, and Mcarthy Park

  2. ?Whats this dude saying? • Pg.287 end of 1st paragraph, LA’s public spaces are shrinking • Pg. 287 top of 2nd column, Because taxes are being redirected towards private affairs rather than public. • Pg.288 2nd paragraph, 2nd column, This is bad because it kills “street culture” • 3rd paragraph, and ostracizes “non-anglo” people

  3. 1st Question (pg.292) • Davis is a strong advocate of public spaces. • His opening sentence is an ideal that he talks about(Venice beach, Pershing Square, Olvera Street) • He says that LA was more Racial and class tolerant in the 1940’s (pg. 288 end of 2ndcolomn) http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2011/09/a-time-capsule-of-1940s-downtown-los-angeles/244590/

  4. Question 1 (Cont.) • Justiceville located in Skid Row (pg.290, 2nd paragraph, 2nd column ) • http://domevillage.tedhayes.us/JHUSA.html • There also a movie about it • He generally sees public spaces as a non-hostile environment where people can simply sit down, relax, and go about their day.

  5. Question 2 • Sep. 11, it doesn’t change the layout of cities, it’s not like everyone in the U.S. militarized • Give our perspectives of public spaces in our hometowns (church, library, cal state, pershing square, olvera street, little tokyo, plaza de la raza) • Pershing square is in downtown LA!!!

  6. Question 3 • In order for the elite to live/work in luxury there must be a “physical separation between classes.” pg. 290 top of 2nd column • So they “bum proof” certain areas, and concentrate the poor into the neighboring blocks, away from the “Urban renaissance” • Mean streets-Physical features, pg.289 last paragraph…follow along paper

  7. 4th Question • Call on some one that knows there town really well • 1: areas you will not go to • 2: areas that you think have a lot of culture • 3: areas of “conflict” • 4: normal areas

  8. 5th Question • Class Question • In our home town what areas should be better funded, is it a public space? • Do certain areas seem to be batter funded than other?

  9. report • I think the city that needs the most development is the city of Watts. Watts is where my home church is and it is  right next toCompton. Like Compton, Watts has a demographof Blacks and Latinos. The streets are full with pot hole and cracks, their are homeless people pushing baskets and sleeping in front of churches, and there is graffiti everywhere you look. Their are some good houses in Watts, but most are small. The only thing that Watts is I think famous  for are the Watts Towers that made by a Italian immigrants that made it pieces of scrap and glass bottle. In Watts, their are a lot of gangs and thugs that makes that city a bad place and a lot of project houses around the area.

  10. Report continued • Churches offer a unique sense of solidarity where no matter the race, class, or gender you will be accepted(in terms of local communities) and is certainly one of the last places you would feel unsecure in.

  11. East LA • Downtown is a huge segment of the article, and he talks about policy makers being the initiators of these renovations. • Well East LA has no control of what the City of Los Angeles chooses to do • There is a movement to make East LA its own city, but The city doesn’t want to, they’d lose a huge economic engine

  12. East LA (Cont.) • The group is called Cityhood For East LA • http://www.cityhoodforeastla.org/ • Unlike the neighboring sections, east la has no control, and is slowly being eaten away (ELAC is part of Monterey Park) • http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/07/city_of_east_la_incorporation_movement.php

  13. East LA • A little overconfident, maybe. But "East Angelenos" have done relatively well for themselves: From what we've observed, though the area is on the poorer, working-class end of the spectrum, many residents have become property owners, and crime rates are low. It's certainly no Skid Row. • "Most cities incorporated 50 years ago," says Cardenas. "We're a little island."

  14. East LA • Benefits of this would be that we can hold a community government accountable, and have a from of autonomy(self govern).

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