VIDEO: A behind-the-scenes look at Watts revitalization project

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To the outside world, Watts is many things: code, a euphemism, a one-word cautionary tale. ‘It’s a place that everybody thinks they know about but are afraid to go to,’ says artist Edgar Arceneaux. ‘And this project offers a chance for people to come together and build something collectively.’ Arceneaux is referring to his Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, the Watts Art Center, and a strip of property on 107th Street.

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