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Posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009 I walked from Mariachi Plaza to Soto Station and took a few shots along 1st street. Boyle Heights is a really cool neighborhood and I predict that the new rail line will lead to rapid gentrification, which quite frankly will be a good thing.Most of 1st street looks like this. The main retail area for Boyle Heights is on Cesar Chavez (2 blocks north). 1st Street is somewhat busy, but not very.  Artwork on a music store.  Ok. That's it. That's pretty much what Boyle Heights looks like. :)  Freeways have really harmed the neighborhoods. On one side of the freeway is this.  Then the freeway.  And then this. Where Brooklyn at?  Tiny parking lot by LA standards. Or anyones standards.     What's wrong with this content?  Tiny but cool park where old guys come and play chess.     
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 21 22:14:21 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. At least your post offices HAVE parking lots! |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:28:04 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 21 22:14:21 2009. I guess that's true.Post offices in the outer boroughs don't have parking? I was surprised by some of the pics here and on links to street view that parts of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens look much more suburban than I imagined. It's not all a concrete jungle despite the high overall density. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 21 22:43:26 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:28:04 2009. The only one in the southern Brooklyn area that has parking is Coney Island. Which is denser than places like Marine Park where they don't have parking.View Larger Map The entrance is on the other side where there's no street view. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Nov 21 22:44:43 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. good shooting easy |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:51:02 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 21 22:43:26 2009. All the post offices in LA that I know of have parking. Usually at least a dozen spaces. |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 00:13:35 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. Tijuana is really on the move up!How long was your visit in Mexico? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 00:19:33 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 00:13:35 2009. lol. The working class areas of East LA and the suburbs really do look similar to many parts of TJ. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 22 00:27:25 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 00:19:33 2009. i'm trying to contact you |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 01:39:32 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 22 00:27:25 2009. Me too! |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 01:44:35 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. Nice set. The first photo was reassuring and after that the various mex joints put me at ease. Time for a bowl of menudo.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 01:49:10 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 01:44:35 2009. I just bought some menudo from a importer company from Mexico. Great stuff!AsiaMex |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:01:11 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 01:44:35 2009. Thanks Fred.This area really needs some gentrification. There are lots of restaurants, but they really need to make them all a little more...less dirty. I wouldn't eat at most of them. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:02:25 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 01:49:10 2009. Cool site. I may have ordered from them before, or maybe another site like them.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:06:02 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 22 01:49:10 2009. Menudo
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:08:49 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:01:11 2009. LOL that would ruin them. The best burrito I ever had was at some hole in the wall in Denver. The chef was the guy I saw out front fixing a car on my way in the door. It was an awesome beef burrito smothered in green chile. Damn that was good!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:12:36 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:08:49 2009. lol. I can see that. The best burrito that I ever ate was at a liquor store that specialized in carnitas. Mexican food is not my favorite, but I'm getting hungry just thinking about those burritos. Unfortunately they sold out and a "real" restaurant of the same name was opened next door. Twice the money and not even half as good. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:16:58 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:12:36 2009. That's the downside of gentrification: they gotta raise the prices to fund all those fancy streetlights and brick sidewalks :Dyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 02:40:42 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. Interesting photos. I hope that dog is ok. I like the Piolin billboard. Poor guy is getting killed in the ratings. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:51:37 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 02:40:42 2009. The dog wandered off. He seemed to be ok. Not sure if he was a recent runaway or feral. He seemed friendly, so I'd guess runaway.That Piolin guy might have as many billboards as all of the rest of LA's radio personalities combined. I just assumed that he was the Hispanic Ryan Seacrest. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 02:56:12 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:51:37 2009. He always did these huge pro-immigration rallies around the country. usually in May. He might have more listeners than anyone on radio b/c he's national and appeals to an audience that is very into radio according to Arbitron.Now that Obama is president, Piolin toned the immigration stuff down a bit. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:59:42 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 02:56:12 2009. Oh is he the guy that organized that HUGE rally in LA and took a bunch of signatures to DC? Meh. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 03:02:19 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 02:59:42 2009. Si. Es el. That's him. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:08:08 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 03:02:19 2009. Do you listen to him? I always imagine Mexican radio as having lots of jokes, sound effects, and silly gags because that's what they show on the news whenever they mention it. I hate the American shows that are like that. I can't stand Steve Harvey's show. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 03:17:31 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:08:08 2009. I do listen to him. His show comes on live at about 8 or 9 east coast, so I'm awake to listen. It's just as you describe. Lots of immigration talk, and other social issues like "english only" etc...... |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:18:43 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 03:17:31 2009. How can you listen to that? And why do you listen to that? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 03:22:01 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:18:43 2009. He's on nationwide. He may have more listeners than anyone on radio. I started listening when he first became available in NYC on La Que Buena. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 03:24:57 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:08:08 2009. That reminds me of DINGO AND THE BABY on 97.1 WQHG (or Weenie and the Butt or Dark Chocolate and the Rod). |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 03:41:57 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 03:24:57 2009. The Family Guy. Never seen it. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Nov 22 08:18:05 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. Figures the post office would be the outdated parking lot and facility.I never really realized how much competition taco and burrito joints have. I never been to any. I also notice the double yellow lines extend to the border of the intersection and how you have no stop bar for red lights or stop signs. different. speaking of gentrification, the last pic has fancy new streetlights up. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Nov 22 08:19:28 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Nov 22 02:56:12 2009. may....MAY DAY?I still remember the nutjob on [cnn or fox?] years ago who was arguing that MAY DAY IS AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY, and he would not budge! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 14:38:36 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Nov 22 08:19:28 2009. May Day is an American holiday, it was invented in America. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 14:43:56 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Nov 22 08:18:05 2009. The crosswalk functions as the stop bar. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sun Nov 22 15:41:08 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:08:49 2009. Just like some of the best pizza places in New York City are the filthiest looking ones. Unfortunately, they are getting harder to find. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sun Nov 22 15:49:17 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:28:04 2009. The New Dorp post office on Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island has a nice size parking lot. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Nov 22 16:14:56 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:28:04 2009. Post offices in the outer boroughs don't have parking?The two closest post offices to me here on Long Island only have one street parking, and the same was true of the four post offices near me in Queens, two of which were in Long Island as well. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 16:44:40 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 14:43:56 2009. Yeah, what's odd about that? And for southeastern sunbelt drivers let me add that it's the near side of the crosswalk, not the far side. You shouldn't be in the crosswalk when you finally stop. ;) |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 16:46:00 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sun Nov 22 15:49:17 2009. I would expect that on Staten Island. But I expected that for Brooklyn and Queens, so what do I know? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 16:48:23 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Nov 22 16:14:56 2009. That would never work for LA unless it was downtown. Of the two closest post offices to me, one of them is in a mall. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 16:56:30 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 16:46:00 2009. Most of Brooklyn and Queens (at least outside eastern Queens) do not have parking lots at the post offices. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 16:57:29 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 16:48:23 2009. Some of the Nassau county post offices, in the dense parts of Nassau don't have parking. Most of the Suffolk ones do have parking. Most of the rest of Nassau ones do too. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 17:05:35 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 16:57:29 2009. What were they thinking? Even LA neighborhoods that have over 50,000 people per square mile like Koreatown have parking. Not much at this one though.View Larger Map |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:05:40 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. What's wrong with this content?The police car is parked in a no parking area? :) Hey, it's better than in Brooklyn and Queens where every police station seems to have cars parked all over the sidewalk.... Cool photos....I miss LA...I only got a couple days there last time I was there, and know I wont get there this year..... It's been a while! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:06:55 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 01:44:35 2009. Christ, I miss the Mexican food the most. You can't get good mexican food in NY like you can out west. San Diego is probably a little better, but I'll take LA's too... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:07:32 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 22 00:19:33 2009. Hahaha, yeah, that is somewhat true, at least from what I have seen of both. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:08:34 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:08:49 2009. That's true of diners too. The biggest greasy spoon usually has the best burgers. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:10:05 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Fred G on Sun Nov 22 02:16:58 2009. Don't forget the all the ivy geraniums that have to hang from those fancy new lightposts and brick sidewalks. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 22 17:11:59 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Nov 22 08:18:05 2009. speaking of gentrification, the last pic has fancy new streetlights up.I can't speak for these, but much of LA has ORIGINAL vintage streetlights, not "retro" ones put in later. Many of them are the real deal from way back when. |
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Your Post Offices, and do they have parking (Was: Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 22 17:15:37 2009, in response to Re: East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 22:28:04 2009. Here are three of the closest post offices to me, and none of them have parking AFAIK:View Larger Map View Larger Map View Larger Map |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 22 17:17:06 2009, in response to East LA/Boyle Heights photos, posted by Easy on Sat Nov 21 21:49:17 2009. nice photos |
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