. Bell telephone magazine . lifornia standards. Many of the singledwellings have given way to multi-unit low-renthousing projects, but a great number of the small,individual houses remain. A lot of these are sub-standard, but they could berestored, rather than torn down. I think a slum is aslum by definition and partly because of the fact thepeople living in the homes often dont really knowwhat they are living in. They are too close to themto see the beauty in the old homes. 42 I especially like the gingerbread on the small Vic-torian homes which are all over the place. Thesehomes have style a
. Bell telephone magazine . lifornia standards. Many of the singledwellings have given way to multi-unit low-renthousing projects, but a great number of the small,individual houses remain. A lot of these are sub-standard, but they could berestored, rather than torn down. I think a slum is aslum by definition and partly because of the fact thepeople living in the homes often dont really knowwhat they are living in. They are too close to themto see the beauty in the old homes. 42 I especially like the gingerbread on the small Vic-torian homes which are all over the place. Thesehomes have style and character. I would like to seea program under which the fundamentals of archi-tecture could be taught to the children in the areaso that they would have an appreciation of the homesthey live in and perhaps a desire to make them asthey were when brand-new. Along with this could go courses in remodelingand restoration — the practical steps to be taken inrented dwellings as well as those individually owned. ES AL-l-ONA/EO. A related idea: an art class could paint thesehouses as an assignment, not as they are nowbut as they appear in the minds eye, after art show of paintings of this kind for all theresidents of the area would give further impetus torestoration. A resident could be given the paintingof his home as a reminder of what might be done. Race relations pose no particular problem withinEast Los Angeles. Roughly 65 per cent of the peoplehere are Mexican-American, some 20 per cent are oforiental background, mostly Japanese, some 10 percent are Negro, with the balance a mixture, mostlyof European extraction. People here generally are indifferent to race or color. If you live here, you belong here, and youreaccepted. The only time I notice any distinction iswhen people try to define what I am. Those outsideEast Los Angeles, particularly, dont seem to feel com-fortable just saying, Ray Garcia is going to be usually add, By the way, hes that Mexican
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