GRAFFITI YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: PART 6
final part in series of Japanese graf pics by Acco
As with all previous Graffiti in Yokohama pics - all of these were shot by Acco - over last few months
Thanks to Acco in Japan, Amoeblog presents the latest photo gallery of graffiti from Yokohama, Japan. Back in September, Acco, a fan of both graffiti art and of Amoeba Music and the Amoeba website, took a series of photos of graffiti around Yokohama that were displayed here in three Amoeblogs. Since then she went out and took more photos for this (Part 4) and the next two Amoeblogs in this series: Graffiti Yokohama, Japan Parts 5 & 6 ,which will run over the next week.
Alhambra and other Asian Tales
Why Am I Mr. Sparkle?
I had to go to Alhambra to see a man about a horse. Alhambra is on the western edge of the San Gabriel Valley between posh San Marino, trendy South Pasadena, old San Gabriel, blue collar Rosemead, and the most Chinese city in the US, Monterey Park . The center of Alhambra is the intersection of Garfield and Main which has functioned as the hub of town at least since 1895.
Garfield and Main, Alhambra, 1890
Garfield and Main, Alhambra, 2007 improved with an Applebees
Garfield and Main, Alhambra, 1890
Garfield and Main, Alhambra, 2007 improved with an Applebees
By the 1950s, Garfield and Main was the hippest place in the San Gabriel Valley and was predominantly populated mostly by Italian-Americans. The following decade saw an influx of Latinos from surrounding areas and Anglos moving to other suburbs. In the late 1960s Alhambra was a hotbed of anti-Vietnam War protests and Brown Beret activity. By the mid 1970s tensions rose between the predominantly Anglo "surfers" and cholos. Many Taiwanese began to move to the neighborhood, followed by Chinese from the mainland, Vietnamese, Cambodians and other Asians.
I first visited Alhambra to buy a copy of the soundtrack to "Forbidden Planet" from a Penny Lane managed by Danny Lee who later came to Amoeba and oversaw the no-longer-existent Hong Kong section.
Alhambra Penny Lane - For Lease
I first visited Alhambra to buy a copy of the soundtrack to "Forbidden Planet" from a Penny Lane managed by Danny Lee who later came to Amoeba and oversaw the no-longer-existent Hong Kong section.
Alhambra Penny Lane - For Lease
This is the third and final part in the Yokohama, Japan graffiti series. These photos were taken recently by Amoeba Music and graffiti/hip-hop fan ACCO.
