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Photos: Downtown L.A.’s Indian Alley

Winston Street resident Stephen Zeigler, a photographer, has become the unofficial curator of Indian Alley art.

Winston Street resident Stephen Zeigler, a photographer, has become the unofficial curator of Indian Alley art.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

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These days, demand for apartments on Winston Street is high. It’s transformed into something of a gritty outdoor gallery at the edge of skid row, where wholesale suppliers and sidewalks cluttered with mannequins and umbrellas give way to trendy bars and lofts.

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

Winston Street resident Stephen Zeigler, center, gives a tour of Indian Alley street art to a high school class.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

Stephen Zeigler, left, gives a tour of Winston Street with a street-artist friend.   (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

High-school students tour the Indian Alley artworks in downtown Los Angeles.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

Winston Street resident Stephen Zeigler looks through historical archives alongside the murals in Indian Alley.   (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

One of the artworks in Indian Alley in downtown Los Angeles.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

A mural on Winston Street in downtown Los Angeles.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

A mural on Winston Street in downtown Los Angeles.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A.'s Indian Alley

Artwork in Indian Alley in downtown Los Angeles depicts a Native American woman known as Toypurina, a co-leader of a revolt against the San Gabriel Mission in 1785.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

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