05: Lisa Teasley

Lisa ’s five placesAdams district and the Golden State Life Insurance Building by Paul R. Williams, who was also featured in Episode 01 with Carolina Miranda. Laurel Canyon and its music history. Venice and the Venice Canals.Baldwin Hills with its scenic overlook and steps and Kenneth Hahn State Park, adjacent to the Crenshaw District and Leimert Park.Downtown LA, with Chinatown, Union Station, The Flower Market, and adjacent Silverlake/Echo Park.Also Mentioned in this episodeCanter’s Deli on FairfaxGorky’s – now closedHank’s bar – now closedMusso and Frank’s – still open!The Frolic Room – temporarily closedBooks mentioned in this episode:available through Eso Won bookstore: Instagram @esowonbooks / Email to place orders: [e-mail] of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, by Mike DavisAfter/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame, by Lynell GeorgeSet the Night on Fire: L.A. in the sixties, by Mike Davis and Jon WeinerLiving the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era, by Alison Rose JeffersonGlow in the Dark, by Lisa TeasleyDive, by Lisa TeasleyHeat Signature, by Lisa Teasley Related links:A Place at the Table in Echo Park, Alta Journal, September 29, 2022. Author and artist Lisa Teasley looks at Natalia Molina’s A Place at the Nayarit, through her own experience of Echo Park over the years.Glossolalia, by Lisa Teasley, Kweli Journal, August 30, 2022.The Only Black Person in the Room, by Lisa Teasley, Parabola Journal, July 28, 2022. The Castle in the Trees, August 2020, for the L.A. Forum’s Every.Thing.Changes exhibition. Credits:This podcast is produced by a small team of volunteers at the LA Forum. To keep us going and growing, we’d greatly appreciate your support! Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen, and share with friends and colleagues. Or, make a donation at www.fiveplaces.la. Thank you for listening.All images © Lisa Teasley 2022Opening video © Emmanuelle Bourlier 2022Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com)Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee on Instagram)Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.comProduced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban DesignProduction team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh NguyenHost: Emmanuelle BourlierSpecial thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne PredockThis podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land.© 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACESwww.laforum.org