The Westside Legacy Fund's aim complements the work of others in legacy neighborhoods who are seeking to make positive and relevant change.
Houses that range in style from Spanish/Mission eclectic and Beaux Arts classicism to shotgun and bungalow, many built during the first half of the last century, are where people like Cisneros and celebrities like Carol Burnett spent idyllic childhoods.
Across the street, Wendell Brown also is working on a newly acquired property next door to his Queen Anne-style two-story that was designated a historic landmark. While there are a number of historic landmarks in the area, the nearest historic district to Buena Vista is the Rinconcito de Esperanza, a grouping of 11 structures on El Paso Street where the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is located.
But the group’s first priority, she said, is keeping residents from being displaced because they can no longer afford the taxes on their homes and are forced to sell to private investors, especially those from outside the community. The movementThe neighborhood’s poor and elderly people need help to maintain their homes, she said.John Hernden, a developer, has long been struck by how many homes and other structures in the neighborhood need significant repair.
About 50 artists now lease space in Hernden’s properties, the first of which was a 1950s-era former church building at 1624 Buena Vista St.
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