Photos: Latino Urbanism
Clarissa Quintero, 5, plays among the clothing available for sale in Carmen Quintero’s large yard sale, which she holds in order to stay home and watch over her children. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Luteria Brachmontes, 57, right, makes a sale at a small business in her front yard. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Luteria Brachmontes, 57, meets son Bryan, 18, who has Down syndrome, as he’s dropped off from school. She operates a small business selling clothes in her front yard in order to be there for Bryan. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A new apartment complex is under construction along the train tracks near 89th and Alameda streets in the Florence-Firestone area of Los Angeles. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A food truck sits parked along the 2100 block of East 92nd Street in Los Angeles, an area with a dominant Latino population. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Carmen Quintero’s yard sale in front of her Compton house enables her to help support her family while staying at home. She is among many whose fences are impromptu storefronts, in effect blurring the line between private and public spaces. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A Ballet Folklorico dancer on the steps of the Marco Antonio Firebaugh Plaza in Walnut Park. The small outdoor area takes its design from a traditional Zocalo, or plaza in the center of most colonial towns in Mexico. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
The El Rinconcito Water Mart has hand-drawn pictogram-like drawings advertising its wares on its outside walls. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Traditional dancer performs in the Marco Antonio Firebaugh Plaza in Walnut Park. The plaza is surrounded by newer retail shops that have helped revitalize the economically depressed area. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A young Ballet Folklorico dancer has her makeup done before taking the stage at the Marco Antonio Firebaugh Plaza in Walnut Park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
American and Mexican flags, along with hand-painted signs, adorn the walls outside Cruz Appliances in Compton. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Taco El Paisa, a family run business, operates for only a few hours on the weekends in front of the family’s residence. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
The “Eat More Fruit and Veggies” mural at the Superior Grocers on Compton Avenue was designed to beautify the neighborhood and send a positive message about healthy eating. It was a community project in collaboration with artist Andre Miripolsky. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)