s Los Angeles experienced its first large-scale development boom, known as the “Boom of the Eighties”, between 1886 and 1888, Boyle Heights was part of the hysteria. Though founded by William H. Workman, Isaias W. Hellman and John Lazzarovich in 1875, the community stagnated for a decade following the collapse of the city’s first growth…
Exploring the uniquely diverse history of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles.