Sad news. My dad who is 90 still made trips out to Grand Central Market to have his fish soup at what he called the Pescaderia, Fishery. My dad first moved to LA in the 40s. However, his fish soup spot is now gone, as are the majority of the Mexican /Latino owned businesses. The new owners are terminating leases, and making them non renewable to market to the hipsters I suppose. So, you have no idea how displaced this made my father feel, and all of the Latinos that went shopping there, like they are no longer part of this Grand Central Market, after having sustained it for decades. Again, feels like what happened in San Jose. LA is losing something unique to LA, something that makes it LA and what the owners are doing is completely legal, and they realize that no one can stop them. Except maybe their customers? What if Hipsters and Latinos alike signed petitions to keep the remaining culturally unique businesses? Here is an article written by an outsider who wants the market to maintain its uniqueness: archinect/features/article/107417277/la-s-grand-central-the-gentrification-of-the-people-s-market-interview-with-director-dylan-valley
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:49:44 +0000
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