Saturday, July 9th 2005

My Old Neigborhood

author: Arnie Magraner : Los Angeles, CA

My Old Neigborhood

author: Arnie Magraner : Los Angeles, CA

I was raised at 210 West 105th st. This was in the 50's and 60's. I am a Cuban American who now resides in Los Angeles, Ca. I returned recently, and although most of the structures are still there, it's not the same neigborhood. When I lived there, it was a neighborhood in transition from Irish immigrants and their descendants to Hispano's, mainly Puerto Ricans, Dominican's and some Cubans. It was on the corner of 105th st and Amsterdam that I learned to sing DO-WOP with Eddie, Lenny and Tito and Joe. In those days, going from

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