Eastside Hoodies

Based on the old Eastgate Shopping Mall sign

Based on the old Eastgate Shopping Mall sign

East Side

For life

A map that I did of the neighborhoods and communities of South Los Angeles's Eastside for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/08/05/california-fools-gold-a-south-los-angeles-eastside-primer/

The Eastside is a region of Los Angeles County. It includes the communities of Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights -- as well as numerous smaller communities like Belvedere, Brooklyn Heights, City Terrace, Eastmont, Happy Valley, Hillside Village, Maravilla, Rose Hill, and University Hills. I wrote a primer, for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2011. https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/03/30/california-fools-gold-an-eastside-primer/

Rep your Indianapolis Eastside hood...from Irvington to Heather Hills to Brightwood!!

Hope you like it.

Our next stop.

Regulators, mount up

Represent the side of town you’re from…. The Eastside.

Represent the side of town you’re from…. The Eastside.

I drew this map of Asian American-dominated suburbs of the San Gabriel Valley in the style of 18th Century Chinese Cartographer, Mo Yi Tong. As communities have grown more Asian, demographically, I've added them to the original map. https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/05/14/east-of-the-eastside-the-far-eastside-at-the-amoeblog/

Compton is a city in the South Los Angeles region. It is the 7th oldest (by incorporation) and 16th most-populous in Los Angeles County. Future presidents George H.W. and George W. lived there in 1949 and '50. It is famous for the Compton Cowboys of Richland Farms and the Compton Cricket Club, among other things. I explored it and made this map in 2011 for my series, "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/02/23/california-fools-gold-exploring-compton-los-angeles-countys-hub-city/

Just hit the east side of the LBC on a mission trying to find mr. Warren G.

A map I made showing the vestiges of Los Angeles's historic Little Italy in 2013 for "California Fool's Gold." Since then, Little Joe's -- the last remaining Italian restaurant in the neighborhood -- has been demolished. https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/07/10/exploring-the-remains-of-l-a-s-little-italy-block-by-block-land-of-sunshine-kcet/

Watts is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles's Eastside. It's still best known for the Watts Towers (built 1921-1954 ) and the Watts Riots (1965). Lots has changed in the intervening half century, needless to say, and I explored and mapped in 2014 for my series, "California Fool's Gold" https://ericbrightwell.com/2014/02/14/more-than-just-riots-and-towers/

Show me your posse! Let's see who is the tougher dude.

Rollo P. Quinn (Little Dynamite) was a young leader of a kid gang. He lived in a slum in New York's East Side. He got his nickname because he was a strong fighter with a hair-trigger temper. Rollo did have a soft spot for his older sister, who pretty much raised him. As the years went on, Rollo started to mellow out, and his gang spent more and more time fighting crime.

A hot summer's afternoon on the Eastside of Indianapolis in the 70s meant one thing.... Boogie Mountain!!

AJ 12 Retro Eastside Sneaker

Chicago Eastside Irish St Patrick's Day t shirts

The brewery did well in the 1930s and 1940s. It was a regional beer judging from where their cans have been dumped, mostly southern California and Arizona. Zobelein died in 1936 and his son took over the brewery. They introduced cans in 1937 choosing flat tops such as my can-of-the-month above. They sold Eastside Beer, Eastside Ale, and in 1939 introduced a premium beer called Luxury Extra Dry Pilsner. Eastside Beer remained their big seller however. (Eastside Ale cans are quite scarce and Luxury was never canned). They also canned Brown Derby Beer for Safeway stores in the 1930s.

Just hit the east side of the LBC on a mission trying to find mr. Warren G.

A super toy store... and a whole lot more

Rose Hill is a small neighborhood in Los Angeles's Eastside, nestled between Lincoln Heights, Happy Valley, and El Sereno. I explored it, with my feline companion, Dooley, in 2014. https://ericbrightwell.com/2014/01/21/with-shanty-pads-squatting-on-mud-hills-exploring-rose-hill/

Support Eastside Slowjamastan. For the love of The Wadis

This was the first watercolor map that I did -- and the first bird's eye view map. I was inspired by some 19th-century bird's eye view maps that I'd been looking at, some East Asian landscape art, and the fact that Happy Valley's neighborhood borders are formed more by hills than streets.

Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume

For life

Iconic.

Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume

Chicago Flag

The Eastside boys have made it into town.

Artwork by the baileybrothaz all rights reserved

In Indy WAY before Taco Bell we ate at GRINGO's. And Jalapeño Pete was our man!!!