Boyle Heights Development Seeks To Sell ‘Mariachi’ Experience While Displacing Actual Mariachis
BY JULIA WICK Mariachi Plaza has been a physical and cultural gathering point for mariachi musicians since the 1930s. As L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood becomes a flashpoint in the city’s gentrification wars, Mariachi Plaza is an increasingly symbolic space. Mariachi musicians, who have long lived in close proximity to the plaza and gathered there to […]