Bridges and Walls: Invisible Walls

Hosted by Frances Anderton Mar. 13, 2018

There are walls that impact the communities they contain, but are naked to the eye.

A lawn sign in Hancock Park expressing support for the LA Community Eruv. Photo credit: Ira Belgrade.

From this Episode:

West LA’s Orthodox Jewish Eruv

There are all sorts of prohibitions against working on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, including pushing a stroller or wheelchair, or carrying a baby or a cane. And the...

9 min

Gang borders in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, streets, freeways, train tracks and the LA River form boundaries that many of us aren’t aware of. These are the boundaries of gang territories. Back in the...

7 min

How zoning shaped Los Angeles

Physical structures can define status but so can the non-present boundaries created by zoning.

10 min

Credits

Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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