- Post date
- 16 Apr 2018
- Caption
- This is the map with directions to the very first site for Our House in Lynwood. This was the venue created by the same people who would go on to open and run The Allen Theater in South Gate. The Lynwood’s Our House was an actual house, turned into a (sort of) Youth Community Center. Most every single underground South East L.A. punk/ska/metal band active at the time played Our House. Our House also had an13 to 18 only policy (a bit relaxed since some of older folks within the scene could attend.) The map is distinctive to the ones previous posted. While it is also hand-drawn, this map is intended to a younger, likely second (or latter) generation teenage audience that would be the anticipated attendees. In addition, the simplicity of the map assumes that the viewer is already familiar with Lynwood as there are only two thoroughfares listed: Atlantic Boulevard and the 105 Freeway.
The map does signal the public transportation options to arrive to the venue, this as most teenagers going to Our House did not yet own a car, or due to their age they would not yet have a permit to drive. The A/B Lynwood (known as “The Breeze”) trolley, The Blue Line light rail, and the MTA Bus Line. The first one is decisively limited to trips around Lynwood.
Conversely, working-class resident of Lynwood and other cities in South East L.A. has long rode on the Blue and Green Lines and the bus to travel to worksites and schools beyond SELA. For instance, the 260 line runs from Compton, travels right through much of South East L.A. into bougie spots such as San Marino, South Pas, Pasadena and ends in Altadena. Hence, this map alludes to the lived realities of mobility and immobility due to access or lack of access to transportation.
Oh y para todo esto, La Resistencia, (La Banda) Skalavera, and The Vomits played in this February 2001 shinding for only $5!
- Location
- Lynwood, California
- Type
- map
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- https://www.instagram.com/p/BhqMLXSB-MR/