First Person: Artists showcase ‘Memories, Movement and Struggles’ of Wyvernwood community

The Wyvernwood Garden Apartments in Boyle Heights were built in 1939. Today, over 6,000 residents live in 1,187 rent-controlled units built over 670 acres of land. Real estate investment firm Fifteen Group has ... Read More...

City postpones Wyvernwood hearing until June

Photo by Jonathan Olivares *Update: The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has postponed the hearing. Dates and times have not been confirmed. A hearing scheduled to take place at City Hall this week... Read More...

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council indefinitely postpones vote on Wyvernood redevelopment

The Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council has decided it will not take a position on the proposal to redevelop the Wyvernwood Garden Apartments, a $2-billion plan to demolish the 1939 housing complex and replace i... Read More...

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council to revote on Wyvernwood in March, not today

Photo by Cinthia Gonzales The Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council will not vote on a motion to support or oppose the proposed Wyvernwood redevelopment project today. Instead, this item will be readdressed... Read More...

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council to rehear Wyvernwood redevelopment proposal

Photo by Cinthia Gonzales Update: The Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council will not hold a vote on the Wyvernwood development until a March meeting. Check with us for updates The Boyle Heights Neighborho... Read More...

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council votes to support Wyvernwood redevelopment project

Wyverwood Garden Apartments. Photo by Jonathan Olivares Despite opposition from residents in attendance at the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council general board meeting Wednesday night, the board voted in supp... Read More...

Hundreds pack L.A. City Hall to speak out on proposed Wyvernwood Project

Mothers and their kids play in Wyvernwood. / Photo: Cinthia Gonzales Nearly 400 people flooded the 10th floor of Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday to express their feelings and concerns about the proposed Wyver... Read More...

Celebrating Las Posadas: Wyvernwood Keeps Traditions Alive

Being a resident of Estrada Courts in Boyle Heights for about two years now, I have never seen Las Posadas or even heard of them. When I heard from one of my editors that we were going to cover one, I immediate... Read More...

Supporters, opponents express concerns over Wyvernwood redevelopment project

Photo by Erick Huerta/ La. Streetsblog.org Sentiments of support and opposition continue over the Wyvernwood Gardens Apartment Redevelopment Project, a $2-billion plan that promises to completely gut and re... Read More...

Controversy surrounds Wyvernwood project

Children playing soccer in the grass. Families celebrating birthdays in their backyards. The smell of carne asada in the air. This is what a typical weekend is like at the Wyvernwood Garden Apartments in Bo... Read More...

Fighting Shadows: One Man’s Story with Richard Cabral

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