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The Rule Breaker

By Clockshop Admin | May 2, 2025

Charly Hinojosa is an active community member in Northeast LA, where he has served on the Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, led kayak tours for BIPOC individuals on the LA River, and coached gymnastics and parkour for at-risk youth in the community.  Spending his youth immersed in countercultures like skating, punk rock, and graffiti helped set…

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The City as Teacher

By Clockshop Admin | May 2, 2025

Charly Hinojosa is an active community member in Northeast LA, where he has served on the Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, led kayak tours for BIPOC individuals on the LA River, and coached at-risk youth in the community. However, Charly spent his “active, outdoor childhood” immersed in youth countercultures. A punk rocker, he was against playing…

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Las Nannies de Glen Park

By Clockshop Admin | October 4, 2024

Debajo de los árboles de Glenhurst Park en Atwater Village, podrás encontrar a las “Nannies de Glen Park”; un grupo de 20 niñeras que a través de los años se han reunido aquí para convivir y celebrar los cumpleaños de los niños. Cada nanny tiene un relato diferente de cómo llegó a encontrar este parque…

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The Nannies of Glen Park

By Clockshop Admin | October 4, 2024

Under the trees at Glenhurst Park in Atwater Village, you might find a group of 20 nannies who have been gathering there for years. They socialize, let the children play on the playsets, and celebrate many, many birthdays. Each nanny has a different story about how they found both the park and the group. This…

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Memories of a Neighborhood

By Clockshop Admin | July 14, 2024

Bobby Arcos grew up on a quiet street in Atwater in the 1970s — before it was known as Atwater Village. Around his childhood home on Glenhurst Avenue, he recalls the smells of the old Van de Kamps bakery, 50 cent ham and cheese sandwiches from Vince’s Market, and playing football, and baseball at John…

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A Tree Grows in Elysian Valley Pt. 2

By Clockshop Admin | February 10, 2024

After Ruben Molina and his family moved into Elysian Valley in 1958, Ruben, aged 5, soon found himself in what he calls “paradise.” At the time, the ongoing construction of the 5 Freeway left behind sandlots in Elysian Valley — the remnants of the homes that were destroyed to make way for this huge infrastructure…

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A Tree Grows in Elysian Valley Pt. 1

By Clockshop Admin | February 10, 2024

Ruben Molina and his family moved to Elysian Valley in 1958. Having arrived in Los Angeles from El Paso, Texas five years prior, his family had moved around between a hotel, duplexes and small homes in Cypress Park and Lincoln Heights before settling into the home on Glover Place. Ruben, now a dedicated community music…

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Parks and Gentrification

By wpx_steve | September 12, 2023

During the 80s, Downey Recreation Center — one of the few public parks in Lincoln Heights — was inaccessible and uninviting. Still, as the only park in the area, neighborhood kids like Lazaro Arvizu found themselves there often. Located in between the Swiss Dairy Company Plant (now home to the newly built Albion Riverside Park),…

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River Playground

By wpx_steve | September 12, 2023
Helen Leung

“My dad worked the graveyard shift, so my mom took care of us, but my mom was busy oftentimes at the sewing machine meeting her deadlines. We got to go play when we didn’t have to support her.” Helen Leung cherished the moments when she and her sister were given free reign to explore the…

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