Well , you know , sharing is carrying so email us and let us know at L A unscripted at KTL A dot com . Los Angeles is so spread out and people don't know much about certain areas of the city that are important , Boyle Heights . It has a great long history of multiculturalism .
Was there a moment that you did not think the Paramount would ever come back to what it was ? Yeah , I wrote an article in the L A Times about Boyle Heights and I wrote about the Paramount Ballroom and its history neighborhood . You know , the multiculturalism of it and Frank , the owner , the new owner got a hold of it and called me up and said , hey , I want you to come on board and if we can resurrect , come to the Paramount , come check it out , check the website out and come grub with me .
They were very popular in the mid sixties like Cannibal , the head hunters . What do you think it is about the space and its location in Boyle Heights ? Well , it's right in the center matt and now at Cesar Chavez , no other ballrooms like this and how cool to have a building that's nearly 100 years old .
You know , we are stewards of Day of the Dead , for example , as a tradition here in Los Angeles , but really on a national level . Boy Heights as a community is one of the most densely populated in the city of Los Angeles . It is a community that is mostly renters and is very much low income , Latino , a lot of immigrants .
It is our heritage . Self help graphics is a cultural gem here in Boyle Heights in East East L A . It's a Chicano Legacy organization that has really been um a part of the story of the Chicano community locally regionally nationally .
