# Making A Neighborhood A newsletter devoted to highlighting what makes a neighborhood. Subscribe for photo essays, interviews, and long-form storytelling about everything from gentrification to the untold story of that one neighbor who grows fruit from Central America. Page: Feed: --- ## [You Are Now Invited to Renascent in East Hollywood!](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/you-are-now-invited-to-renascent) _2026-08-10 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ Through the ups and downs, lifting our community once again this summer. ## [The Red Line is crossed, so where do you stand?](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/the-red-line-is-crossed-so-where) _2026-04-02 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ On interwoven wars and interwoven resistance since we do not and can't forget. ## [From L.A. to Minneapolis, Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/from-la-to-minneapolis-dont-let-the) _2026-02-05 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ On sustaining the resistance just long enough to make it grown and sexy. ## [What to do Before the Disaster Strikes](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/what-to-do-before-the-disaster-strikes) _2026-01-08 · Ali Rachel Pearl_ A brief guide on preparing for the worst in our increasingly disastrous world ## [To Gustavo "Kaboom" Robles: Los Angeles Fresh Forever](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/to-gustavo-kaboom-robles-los-angeles) _2025-09-25 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ From Boys to Men. From Madison Block to Virgil Village. ## [Despite their lawlessness, our justice is still just around the way](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/despite-their-lawlessness-our-justice) _2025-08-07 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ Locally, the resistance is only getting started. Are you connected? ## [Damaged irreversibly, but still not yet lost](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/damaged-irreversibly-but-still-not) _2025-07-03 · J.T. the L.A. Storyteller_ On the federal government's quick descent into fascism and how L.A. must lead anew. ## [Unmaking a Neighborhood](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/unmaking-a-neighborhood) _2025-06-05 · Ali Rachel Pearl_ Altadena was unmade by fire, but the journey to remaking this neighborhood is long and winding ## [For Altadena, the Crisis Comes After the Fire](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/for-altadena-the-crisis-comes-after) _2025-03-21 · Ali Rachel Pearl_ How Alternative Approaches to Speculative Real Estate Can Help Preserve Altadena ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XHbkzqMbPizk) _2025-03-21 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [The Future of Making A Neighborhood](https://makinganeighborhood.substack.com/p/the-future-of-making-a-neighborhood) _2025-03-20 · Making A Neighborhood_ A new phase for the newsletter.