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,, HOUSING FOR .UNORITY GROUPS $200 ULLIO rs FOR Vl.ATTS-- FOR Vfl:lA.T? .\ --- - -------ANOT £ER AND BETTER GIIF.TTO??? The Los Angeles City Council s u.no.nimcusly approvod a plan for the develop- ment and rehabilitE:.tion of the v a tts oom.'lllmity and a 19-o uars mile aeo·Hon or Southea~t Los Angelas .. Aooording to the Los Angeles TiJ!l.os ~ "The at. of the plan" hich provides a f~amework for t..~0 furtheranoa or spo 143.215.248.55io p~ojeots in the area" is to bring about a r pid eoononu.c and 0 visual rehabilitatio:1 1 o:c -the city 9 s master plan." The plan call tor: 1. A ·chree-eightho-o.f-a-mile pedes·crian MALL along 103r S·tre t between Compton and Wilmington Awnue . 2 The ~$t sido or the MALL to be o oupied by a 21-aoro shopping c the wet portion by a modioal 0 dontal~ and profess ional oentor. The plan inolud ... ~ le A n(:m County Hospital .. 2 .. Garden-type residential lloucing. 3. Parks. • Reoreation Ccn·;; r • 5. • Enlargo::x.ent A new existing Public Sohools . Civio Canter . ter end �- 2 - EACH SERVICE S ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROU THE OTHER ! The sepe.rats GARDEN- TYPE r enident- l iousing ~ill pres~bly b safe from being BURNED UPi but oan the so.mo be scid of ALl.., OTIIER facilities? The least diocontent ... tlw l east TI/'ue or False ueouoo:cion agains·c o. shopkoaper in the .~..LL or Shopping Ce.nte. - me.y spark tho ccy "BUID!" BABYI) BUR!H ! " In order to prevent diogruntled inhabH;ants of tha e.reo. from~ Setting fir0s 0 Loo·l.i.ng storos c.nd bToal!:ing ~indowD of t."1.e crune., Dumping ga.rbne;o into t't e s·crs t..,., Thrc:-,ing Uolotov oookto.· - S from rooftops Cresting o·chor disturbc.nc0s 11 and it ia of vital importanc0 that all f oiliti0s ( ~1th the exception of the integrated into ·t he same 0 rks) bo struoturo "., as pr eviously desor~bed, in or er to prevent firs and riot., The structural desi&n re uires a complote doparturo from 11 conventional ooncopts of the pact . To put 1t 1n a NUTSliELLt ALL of today~s exiot1ng buildings must be oonsidGrod 100% obsolete . An entir l y n daparture will provide not only batter housing~ but loo better services at locs ooat . Dy bettor aorv100c" 1t ic not meant botter services of one structure but or the entire community. �(;p ,. , , Paramount runong tht>se is to obt :rr .. or .. eff':i.oient polioe and fire systems with f cmer m~n 0 thus s a ~ a. good de 1 of money to the ·t ux.payers .. Todayvs system of garbage oolloction is dependent upon largG true -s which sl~, traffic in the streets . In the ne't7 oono pt; these truclm would be ELU1DJATED 0 thus effecting a oon- ci.der~ble economy. ' ere the houssw ife today places the gnrb:1ge 1n a garbage co.n 0 in the futur0 oha ill dump the go.rbag0 into e. chute ( loon.tad in the kitohan ) leading into main dir ctly underneath her habitnt . Tha oomplex 0 and i ioh ould include housing 0 sohools 0 movi theaters 0 rest urunts, or~se shops 0 wwld routinely b~ inop oted by the Health Depe.rtzoont . A:IJ.y serious: snnitation offon:;o 'ttould not only close-. the reato.ura.nts but also any npa:r+,ment t hat does not maintain proper sanitary oonditionc . The Sanitation Inspsotor 't ould bo c.ooompanied on his vi it by man (or woman) of the Nnrootio~ sud. Tene.nts nth criminal records, while they will not be exoludod from r eo idancea ~111 be kept under strict observation. Th DeVall oonoept will onable tho polioe , for the firot time, to polioo the interior of buildings NOT on root but on MOTORCYCLES or in AUTOMOBILES. police et'.t' icienoy inor as o, the numbe r of' policemen eo.n b tho oity t~e sury millions · of dollar. A th r ... duoad, thus s ving �The novel design of the DeVall :; t uo m· ::, "1111 enable tenants to sun themsolve:;; 1n spacious open- air sun patios . The t.onanl;3
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1.1 al so ha.v0 a MALL 20 500 feot
longi olinios a doctors ' of.fioas 0 and pho.r rr.ao i 0.1 15.11 also be inoludGd.
SupGrmarkat s 1111 b0 fo und noX"c door to b~nuty shops 0 barber shops, and department ~tores.
All facilities coul d be reached by the tenants either by our or by
foota or MONORAIL or buses .
P.arl.d.ng for ca.rs will be provide d i.n the same struoture.
Tha roar of t he otruoturo will
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used for housing depots for tha MONORAIL
System and IIELICOPTER BUSES .
Each square foot, with the exoepti on of the open-to-the-sun patio ond the MOTOR
FREEWAYS 11 will bring
revenue oorre~ponding to the looation within the atruotur .
Where the struoturo runs through fa.otory a.r ee.s, the ·. rent for apartments -. ill
In more desirable areas ths rents will be highar .
Welfare recipients will be in the l eact des i rable loo tions .
It will bo an encouragement to them to improve t hem.salvos in order to move to
better quarters .
The income provided by
mult itude
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tenants vill be sufficient tor pr i
enterpr ise t o build on l::l.Di nhioh has been donated by th
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o1ty or stnte for 90 yeara .
The income f rom the structure will pay t ruces like any other business,thuo returning the roads to tho tax roll. where today they are exempt from tax and render poor
ervioec.
Guy B. deV 11
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