Immigrants and the Revitalization of Los Angeles: Development and Change in MacArthur Park
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List of Plates

Plate 1. Informal workers in MacArthur Park during the late 1990s.

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Plate 2. Mama's Hot Tamales Café, a community-based organization and restaurant, helped in formalizing street vendors around MacArthur Park.

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Plate 3. Artwork in the MacArthur Park subway station.

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Plate 4. MacArthur Park, directly across Alvarado Street from the subway station portal exit.

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Plate 5. The site of the Home Depot project, located two blocks from the MacArthur Park subway station.

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Plate 6. LAUSD is building a number of new elementary and junior high schools to accommodate the increasing population. This 2007 school construction site is directly across from the Home Depot project.

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Plate 7. Starbucks located on the Home Depot project site and owned by Earvin “Magic” Johnson.

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Plate 8. Day laborers watching the 2006 World Cup while they wait for work at CAREZEN's worker center. The banner reads, “We're workers, NOT criminals.”

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