American History

Highland Park…

…in northeast Los Angeles, California’s San Rafael hills, once was home to the, right, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne posed at his grandfather’s house, to this day still a family holding. By the 1960s, Highland Park’s demographic had shifted strongly to Latinx. Gang violence came to curdle civic life until crackdowns brought peace in the now-gentrifying neighborhood. LA’s light-rail Gold Line passes through, carrying travelers between downtown and Pasadena.

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