In Episode 2, we go on a walking tour of old Sonora Town in Downtown LA to discover the rise and fall of the frothing Reds of an anarchist and socialist movement thriving in the early 20th century. The tense and often violent foment of this time was a struggle for the very future of Los Angeles – and paints a picture of an alternate imagined destiny for this city which was ultimately crushed. With Janet Owen Driggs, artist, curator, and professor at Cypress College. Below are images that I took during the tour.
Under the Gold Line Chinatown Metro Stop 
Looking off the back of the Metro platform at Los Angeles Historic State Park, aka the Cornfield, aka LA’s Ellis Island. 
Land slated for development near our current Chinatown. 
The site of the former LA Times paper storage warehouse that was bombed in 1911. 
Enrique and Ricardo Flores-Magon. 
A story about La Escuela Rationalista in the LA TImes. 
A prostitute in one of the cribs on San Fernando Street that were razed by a series of land use decisions. 
The construction pit that used to be the house where Pedro Martinez/Pete Martin lived. 
Manuel Carmona, a patriot whose daughter was possibly killed by Pedro Martinez. 
The buildings once owned by Rafael Carmona, father of Paula, who was married to Enrique Flores-Magon. 
Italian Hall – currently and in the early 20th century. 
The aesthetics of the Plaza. 
The European-style bandstand in Olvera Plaza, which once held a speakers’ rostrum. 
The former Sanchez street, where Rafael Adames was shot on Christmas Day in 1913. 
America Tropical by David Alfaro Siquieros 
Roberto Berdecio, a close associate of Siqueiros during the 1930s, stands in front of América Tropical shortly after completion. Mural: © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SOMAAP, Mexico City. Photo: The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. 
Union Station, built to service the infrastructure needs of the White Spot. 
Our final stop, Union Station, which was the site of LA’s original Chinatown.
