A lift for 107th Street

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Among the many L.A. neighborhoods that could use some good housing news is Watts, where in September the median home price tumbled 54.5% to $162,000 from the same month a year ago based on 22 sales, according to statistics from DMA DataQuick.

Here an usual arts endeavor called the Watts House Project is lifting, if not home values, at least community spirit.

Local artist Edgar Arceneaux is directing the arts-driven revitalization of nearly two dozen houses on 107th Street, reported Lynell George in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. Centered on the landmark Watts Towers, the collaboration of residents, artists, designers and architects is being called by its director ‘a large-scale artwork’ in the shape of neighborhood redevelopment. The goal is to overhaul the neighborhood with facade and streetscape improvements, designed to meet the needs of the individual residents, over a five-year period.

--Lauren Beale

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