The story of one neighborhood -- Boyle Heights | Al Padilla | TEDxBoyleHeights 2014

I remember this coach. He never presented himself in this manner. There was always an air of entitlement when having to deal with this man and I never said much to him as a result. He has great memories of Boyle Heights.

Mr. Padilla, you may know my maternal great-grandfather, Richard "Dick" Simonian, Roosevelt High School Class of circa 1946. He played tight end at Roosevelt and played for East Los Angeles College and Saint Mary's College. He spoke to me about the flats where he lived and the Russian Molokan's and their tradition of dairy consumption during Christian fasts.

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Boyle Hieghts will always be engraved in my heart it's the roots of my great great grandparents who migrated here before there was freeways 😋

I love Boyle heights I was born at Lincoln memorial off soto

Amazing!

Boyle heights is full of history. RUSSIAN, CHINESE, MEXICAN.I love my city...straight put boyle heights on the map....2019 AND FOREVER CITY OF DREAMS

My grandfather moved to Boyle Heights in 1910 relocating from Durango Mexico at ten years old. He'd tell me about how it was once a safe community covered in fruit trees, oranges, lemon's, tangerine, apples, pears, and figs. That was back when kids grew up and got married and raised their children in Boyle Heights. My mom was born there in 1933. It was nice hearing this man speak about the experiences of this community especially knowing my mom, aunts, uncle's, and cousins were teenagers during his time.

I grew up in pico gardens projects joined CUATRO FLATS NITEOWLS every one that new me called me NACHO went to roosevelt and hollenbeck jr high I love the city of Boyle heights and its stories

My Father came to Boyle Heights in the early 60's from Mex. He graduated from Roosevelt and volunteered to serve vs being drafted to Vietnam. He still lives in Boyle Heights. One thing people get wrong is that they confuse Boyle Heights and East L.A., big mistake! Lol

I was born in Boyle Heights in the 40s I went to Andrew Jackson hi school if anybody remembers that some of us made it some of us didn’t 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I grew up and still live in Boyle Heights. I'm now raising my kids here. By the time I entered high school Roosevelt was no longer considered a good school so I was sent to Garfield High School instead. I worked at Roosevelt some years ago and it hurt me deeply to see many teenagers not care about their future and not feel pride in the school. Up to the point that many people in the community were happy that the R building was getting demolished. Although I'm in favor of upgrading schools, it is sad that a historical building was demolished as well as the beautiful Japanese garden that was built in honor of the one destroyed in WWII. Many did not understand how much history was destroyed together with the building.

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I am happy to have been raised in BH. I went to Our Lady of Talpa School-great Education.I rememberer having a milkman with glass bottles. Me & my mom were chosen to appear on the Japanese American Museum "Images' page 21. I went to Viet Nam with the Marine Corps. About 20. years ago I developed Epilepsy and no longer drive but I am happy-49 years married!

If he is talking about diversity in Boyle Heights, it no longer exist. It is gone.

🕊 My Russisn great Grandparents were Novikoffs. We grew up in church, along Lorena St and Boyle Heights. The Mexicans were our family, too. Yes, The 3 fwys, were right in our neighborhood, we moved to HP. The A & Z nut wagon man was the best treat for us kids, good times. 🎢

Freeways ruin towns and cities.

I was born in Boyle heights imy name Eddie Razo ,I was born on 5-10-1952 my friend pepe was born 5- 10- 1951 we were teenagers in 1064 to 1970 very. Different generation ,one day we rode our bikes to Venice beach stright down Washington Blvd,we were riding like 12or13 of us we all went to belvedere Jr high school. ,then to Roosevelt and Garfield high.

My Grandfather immigrated to Los Angeles from Japan at the turn of the century. His older brother was already here and had a Grocery Store. My Grandfather went to work for his brother until he could save enough to open his own Store. He wrote to his Mother to send him a bride, so she sent my Grandmother. My Grandparents opened up a Chop Suey House which they operated until WWII. My Grandparents had to close their restaurant and my Grandfather sold his car. The family was shipped to Heart Mountain. From Heart Mountain, the Family was shipped to Chicago to work the factories. My Father's Mother operated a barber shop in Hollywood. They were shipped to Chicago to work in the factories. My parents met in Chicago, married when the War ended and came back to Los Angeles. They settled in Boyle Heights. I was born in 1951 at the Queen of Angels. We lived at 113 1/2 S Soto. Eventually moving to 119 S Soto. After College, 1971, I moved to North Hollywood.

When referring to Boyle Heights make sure you state it’s in East LA.

East La / Boyle heights has been 99% Mexican since the 70’s

I was born and raised in East La with with all my family being from East Los and Boyle heights. I can say it felt like living in TJ and I knew what a gangster aka “cholo” was at 3 years old, that was the culture… East LA was and still is 99% Mexicans. It’s such an enormous barrio it’s fascinating and influential even to the rest of the world 🌎. I’m 32 by the way, I lived on Olympic and kern . My family lived on gless

I lived in East Los Angeles. 1955 to 1980 Michigan St in back alley Brooklyn show . Than Cummins st than on Sheridan St in Andy Russell home My last Home State and Pennsylvania . I was know blonde hair blue 👀 wet back .😅

GOOD TALK, BUT MR. PADILLA FAILS TO TALK ABOUT WHY A PART OF THE ANGLO STUDENTS WENT TO HUNTINGTON PARK HIGH. MEXICAN GANGS, THE ZOOTSUIT PUNKS AND OTHER IDIOTS WERE COMING INTO BOYLE HEIGHTS. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF BOYLE HEIGHTS WHICH IS LADEN WITH GANGS, INSANE DROPOUT RATES, CRIME AND HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR IN THE EAST LA SCHOOLS. STUDENTS OF MEXICAN AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICANS LEAVE THE AREA TO GET BUSED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND OR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TO GET AWAY FROM THE HORRIBLE ASPECTS MEXICAN CULTURE. BLACKS LEFT DUE TO HARASSMENT AND PHYSICAL ATTACKS BY THE MEXICANS. PROPS TO MR. PADILLA FOR USING THE AMERICAN SYSTEM RIGHT.

Shout out to FIRST STREET ELEMENTARY !! GO TIGERS 👍💪

GREW UP THERE