Schoolchildren’s Art Program Finds New Home
The city Community Redevelopment Agency has come to the rescue of inner-city children who were ousted 3 1/2 months ago from a downtown Los Angeles loft they used as an arts center.
The agency has donated $50,000 for installation of a modular building at Ninth Street Elementary School that will house art classes for 4,300 children living in downtown-area apartments and Skid Row hotels. The building--the size of four classrooms linked together--will also be used as a school auditorium.
In May, youngsters were banned from the donated loft space they used for art classes after city firefighters discovered potentially hazardous chemicals at a blue jeans dying plant next door. Since then, leaders of the nonprofit group Inner-City Arts have looked for a new home. School officials, redevelopment leaders and Mayor Tom Bradley will dedicate the new center at 10 a.m. tomorrow, although the building will not be opened for children until next month, said arts center spokeswoman Rega Petlin.
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