I've just posted images from the second phase of my Metro Intersections project, which explores what life is like around some of LA's major intersections.
Florence and Normandie is the intersection where the 1992 Los Angeles uprising began--a chaotic response to the police beating of Rodney King. Horrible images of the riot's beginnings were captured by news helicopters, and, to this very day, these images come to mind when people pass by the Florence off ramp on the nearby Harbor Freeway. They are part of LA's collective memory.
But Florence and Normandie is also the hub of a functioning community--a community that is experiencing tensions associated with poverty and demographic change.
I hope you'll look at these Florence and Normandy images.
Florence and Normandie is the intersection where the 1992 Los Angeles uprising began--a chaotic response to the police beating of Rodney King. Horrible images of the riot's beginnings were captured by news helicopters, and, to this very day, these images come to mind when people pass by the Florence off ramp on the nearby Harbor Freeway. They are part of LA's collective memory.
But Florence and Normandie is also the hub of a functioning community--a community that is experiencing tensions associated with poverty and demographic change.
I hope you'll look at these Florence and Normandy images.