The Los Angeles Industrial District is experiencing a big transition. To the north, condominium buildings are crowding into areas that once were identified as dangerous. Industrial warehouse and factory owners are resisting gentrification. They don't want to be forced out.
I was spending a morning in the Industrial District when I discovered this alley. It was full of graffiti, oil puddles, and danger signals. Who left this car untended in the alley? Would the owner ever return?
Gentrification had not yet reached Graffiti Alley.
