Tour the demolition site of the Jordan Downs Housing projects and new construction (pt.1of2)

[@streetgangs]

If you watched the premiere with us, I want to thank all of yall for that. Much love.

[@speakyopeacetv6795]

streetgangs do you have any newspaper articles or sources that talk about the lead consumption of the residents in the Jordan Downs Alex?

[@71ishmar]

Barry White,Willie Brown Oakland Raiders Fame,The Whispers & One Of the Best Basketball Players I had seen back in the late 1980’s who is from this Area Stephon Davis from Jordan HS,we were in the same Division I played @ Jefferson HS,this Guy was Super Talented & wondered what Brother did with Himself?

[@streetgangs]

we have another interview with another Grape Street that is going to break down the contamination

[@speakyopeacetv6795]

streetgangs solid I'm doing a book and that information would contribute tremendously

[@lynettewatson2153]

You welcome

[@grapeshot]

They're gentrifying the shit out of South Los Angeles. They're doing the same thing in black neighborhoods in Columbus Ohio to.

[@k5elevencinc0]

NYC and Chicago too slowing pushing folks out by raising the taxes.

[@IceManLikeGervin]

All the public housing projects around America are being gentrified and the previous residents replaced...it's a societal plan gangs don't own the streets they claim...red, white and blue

[@grapeshot]

@@IceManLikeGervin Do you think they'll start gentrifying trailer parks?

[@Eihthype]

Same in Detroit ALL the black hoods are being gentrified

[@damonm.]

Same here in Nashville

[@RNNNOW]

Damn... the Freedom Tree 🌳... I remember that tree back in 84... I was from Long Beach and some homies from LA that drove school busses 🚌 for pine tree with me took us over to the freedom tree to post up between runs.. it was a safe zone... thanks for this one ☝️!!!

[@realitycheck1092]

I remember I socked a nigga out at the freedom tree bacc in ‘84..:might’ve been you

[@hiphopgossiper5362]

They letting you know who really run and control them neighborhoods.

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Gotta show who really has the "POWER".

[@_meangreenjersey973]

HipHop Gossiper not the grapes

[@instinctprevalence4486]

True

[@South_Bentral_Rydah]

Even Inglewood wont be the same anymore when they finish that rams stadium complex

[@MrSupersmokesum420]

Foreal

[@PhotoLabMP]

The Rams stadium is what sparked all of the development that's happening all around L.A. County.

[@Fruitownbrim]

@@PhotoLabMP nah this been going on for years but the rsms just speeded it up and la tryna get them Olympics so it was a matter of time

[@richardcastro7765]

@Carlos Guzman hahhahahaha ahuevo ,lookin forward to that ....them MILFS WITH MONEY

[@romeodupree2478]

GENTRIFICATION:. the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. You're being pushed out my dudes. There will be nothing left EXCEPT for memories, by the time it's all finished. Think about it:. that's what happened to Ghost Town years ago. You don't hear nothin' about Shoreline Crips or Venice 13. (SQUASHED).

[@travisscott775]

Romeo Dupree what's Venice 13? I was at venice beach some years ago and a dude said he was venice 13

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

@@travisscott775 Sureno gang at the beach.

[@likedayummm9303]

I saw them at that park, they still hang out.

[@theaussie6526]

We are Cleasing LA White communities matter

[@imavet9187]

Rip Grape Street

[@CamYoung43GC]

Ima Vet918 so sad on M4v3n

[@lastotallyawesome7830]

Imagine doing 10+ yrs and coming home to this

[@putyourselfon8630]

LA’s Totally Awesome lmaooo

[@Princefrancis2]

Man brooo I was thinking the same shit especially them cats that's been in for 30 years plus it's gon fuc they mind up lol

[@1gmontana]

Damn thats deep

[@lynettewatson2153]

Why no words heartbroken but Bless to be here to see it again Thank you one Love😔 .

[@bassoonman2000]

Gentrification is just another warning to our community to shape up. There's too much money and influence out here and they're gonna get it one way or the other, with or without you. None of our hoods should be gentrified if we're holding them down as we should. Keeping our our hoods clean, prosperous and safe, black business, community unity, etc. But the fact that we don't and have allowed violence, drugs and other factors affect our community, coupled with the absence of a push for real education and work ethic like we once had, whites score on the opportunity to make money where we live as we continue to be further pushed into oblivion.

[@cjlaw228]

It’s a big ass difference seeing the buildings side by side

[@hiphopgossiper5362]

The tree died because it felt the energy that was coming... Everything in this Universe is connected. The tree fell and so will the people in that community if they don't remain strong and come together on a positive note

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Black people being positive? Haha, funny!

[@crsntohrndz3007]

OH SHIT😮 💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 THAT'S F.A.C.T.S💯💯

[@TRUYORK718]

Time to get some jobs

[@SICK562CKRISS]

No more hoods in Cali

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Ain't nothing cool about being poor, something most blacks are proud of.

[@SICK562CKRISS]

OSAMA DAMU It’s already happening. I had to leave LB paying 1300 for a dingy 1 bedroom.

[@NoName-is2es]

Watch How They Do Mexicans They Let Them Live For 5-10 Years Then Boom They're Going Push Them Out Too

[@thinkbrotha8679]

I think you’re trying to simplify it,ppl just adapt to their circumstances and try to make the best out of it,my mom,granny and grandpa are from Nickerson gardens and ain’t never advocated being proud to live in the projects

[@SapBoy365]

@@NoName-is2es true

[@annzsonthegreat4406]

He talks about the tree falling I think it was a glimpse of the future. A warning of sorts and now everything is being tore down and rebuilt.

[@filipinoheat8054]

Street TV how does it look now I heard the shopping center is open. Please do an update if you can 😎ty.

[@Theycallmekenney]

Nothing wrong with change as long as the people that are from there can be part of the change....the homies got jobs and can be part of it....that's a good thing!

[@SumDumGai5]

It's only good if they can keep those jobs. The jobs have to be permanent.

[@Theycallmekenney]

@@SumDumGai5 well when that project is over if they're non union they'll be out of work, that's how construction works so hopefully these brothas pursue the actually TRADE and not just a job....get a certification, become a journeyman and start a career not just a job.....jobs come and go.

[@sonyax6344]

@@SumDumGai5 exactly

[@sonyax6344]

@@Theycallmekenney hopefully they will but construction now a days do not really have blacks or whites in that field shoot in a lit of fields

[@Oso52TX]

Ayye man yall been putting it down glad to donate a contribute to this and Kev Macs platform y'all documenting our history in a way that we didn't get to bacc in the day. Niggaz gotta get with it and progress change for the better love u guys work keep it pushing for the people✊💪

[@Brenduuuhhh]

Hood don't look the same

[@yunggotti7630]

That's a good thing

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@yunggotti7630 i know

[@AlexAlonso101]

bren bren are you from the Jordan Downs?

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@AlexAlonso101 yup

[@yunggotti7630]

@RICO FROM PICO had to make it racial ha asshole

[@BlackAshyninja]

Can’t wait so I can finally feel safe walking through these areas , probably buy a condo too...

[@baddazzyellaboi]

🙄

[@stoneybee23]

I feel like it's a good thing unless there's something I don't know. Should be motivation for all of them. They should want to see something different my eyes weren't opened to the world until I started to see nice shit and everybody moving around doing something productive it motivated me hopefully it does the same for these dudes

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Bad thing because now they can't pay rent and buy any more Jordan basketball shoes.

[@Davo32310]

@@Beatbyawhiteboy They got yo mom on fig so they should be fine

[@MiguelJW]

Once built for factory workers in WW2 than there were some home returning Vets housed in it. Than in 80’s 90’s lots of young people lost their lives there...

[@whatsgood8452]

I respect the ending conversation that’s something that can never leave you is knowledge

[@annzsonthegreat4406]

I really like this one the atmosphere of it, knowledge, and peace. We lived in watts but I was too young to remember much about it.

[@DBoYAcExX]

Do More videos with these guy! I enjoy the tour! I enjoy your vids. Thank you for doing what you doing brotha!

[@streetgangs]

shooting verite is so labor intensive, and rarely do you see it with two cameras (not a cell phone camera), but we will try to do more.

[@dlt215]

That's how they did in philly,took the high rise projects down and built town houses.

[@NoName-is2es]

EXACTLY SAME IN LITERALLY EVERY STATE THEY BUILD THESE NEW APARTMENTS AND THEN GET TURNTED OUT

[@archides2778]

To everyone complaining about gentrification: that's why we shouldn't be relying and expecting government handouts in the first place. This is why its important to raise our kids to want to be educated professionals, and quit talking like rapping, sports, and entertainment are our only way to a decent income. Those are all low percentage, unstable careers. Some of our neighborhoods got gang problems, crime problems, multi-generational poverty and you thought the gov't is just gonna let that be the status quo *forever*? Naw, money is bigger than all that. As soon as a corporation or investor gets interested in making a profit, they will do what needs to be done to clean the area up. Cleaner streets, higher property values, higher property taxes, lower crime rate. Who WOULDN'T want be somewhere like that? It don't matter what color your are, with the flow of the money or get lost. It ain't that there won't be ANY black folks in these neighborhoods anymore, but it will only be folks (black, white, mexican, etc) who earn a middle class income.

[@deshounjackson6054]

I'm from Houston, and I really hate to see this happening.

[@moisesbecerra6121]

When you about to fart 8:43

[@xaviermcgowan999]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@sistabrim471]

They tearing down Jd! Bout time. I lived there from birth to 3 years old.

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Hit Yo Rollin'!

[@TAWEETY]

good video!!..gentrification at its finest... are ppl still living in the old apartments?

[@FortunateFour]

Us blacks have had over 40 years to improve our neighborhoods but instead we let them go downhill . Can't fault the cities for wanting gentrification. Good real estate

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

@@FortunateFour Decades of black of black killings and nothing has changed, so it's time for SMART people to change it for them.

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Black ppl will have to take their welfare check and live in the sewer beneath Jordan Downs.

[@Fruitownbrim]

Same thing will happen to them brims by usc once th ed y keep expanding thd campus and finish renovating the Coliseum

[@sonyax6344]

@@Beatbyawhiteboy Your pretty racist I see

[@danielacosta3717]

Respect for the Jordan down project the most active crip project SUR 13

[@aishadavis5541]

U guys look great. Awww so in tune life after life. Sending loads of love to u all

[@mafiagang20]

Look what happened to New Orleans! These neighborhoods will never be the same

[@gojobalboa4118]

2021 update ? How’s WATTS in 2021 ?

[@lukeperry6903]

Their hireing people to knock down their own naborhoods in witch their not allowed back in the naborhood when the project is done.hears your check thanks

[@TxDaxGreat]

That new stadium in LA/Inglewood is changing alot, rent is getting raised etc.. changes are happening

[@EveryWomensFantasy]

Nickerson haciendas and IMPERIAL courts next smh

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

:-) Buh bye!

[@cxcxchanel3637]

@@Beatbyawhiteboy They are next...itz already written

[@sonyax6344]

Man I hope not

[@1gmontana]

😓

[@sistabrim471]

The government is trying to tear down all these old ass PJ's. They need upgrading. AWHHH that's BEAUTIFUL.

[@lynettewatson2153]

R.l.P. Jordan Downs will never be The same again .

[@vinvinmccalpine5806]

Damn is gentrification good or bad alex? I guess its the way people look at it

[@streetgangs]

damn. great question.

[@Beatbyawhiteboy]

Good thing. There will be LESS CRIME. Alex wants to say GOOD, but doesn't want to hurt black ppl reading this.

[@ericlewis450]

I thinks it's bad for blaccs

[@Brownandproud213]

NO IT BAD FOR US BROWN PEOPLE in the BROWN COMMUNITY even tho it still OUR Land!!

[@Fruitownbrim]

Hope you do more these type of vids

[@karoslif]

Waking up means nothing now, it's too late, we as black and brown had many decades to do something with what we had, we chose to do nothing for our communities, the only thing we did was create fertile ground for others to come in plant and reap a harvest.

[@Brenduuuhhh]

Miss the freedom tree! 💜

[@demitrusbulgaria5716]

bren bren you gotta Ig?

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@demitrusbulgaria5716 nah

[@claudiomonreal8729]

Are you guys sure there not gonna kick the people that live there out

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@donmiller2705 no fb either jus sc n Twitter

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@RJ Junior lmao im good

[@officialtjtrev8910]

It amazes me why people would feel sad for cities kicking out good for nothing gangbangers. This just proves gangsters dont "run" or "own" neighborhoods

[@TheEastside661]

101st & Grape. Where i’m at every time i’m over there. I know to some it may look calm in this daytime video but sh** is a real active block of GSW come night fall.

[@ilcollins871]

Get the homie some glasses 8:43 lol

[@toneill3818]

This maybe bordering the curtis Kelly 98 vid as your best. Thank you.

[@RiddlrOside]

My boy holdin that chain having flashbacks...”the chains”!

[@stefalonso]

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[@sistabrim471]

R they going to build new Apartments?

[@D-BRAZY]

yeah that's wut they doing they showed it u didn't see it?

[@sistabrim471]

No, I didn't know & my real family don't talk to me much. That's awesome though. My oldest sister lived out there for years b4 she moved to Oklahoma. I didn't know they had gates up. Damnyumm. I'm 61 & that where we was living when I was born.

[@haraiberhane9625]

So are the projects getting demolished or are they adding new buildings on to it??

[@brianclaiborne8141]

Much luv to Criccet, Stimey, D-Loc & Frosty from Baby Loc's

[@alberthicks9201]

My homies i came up with

[@Mrposton101]

Officer Alonzo is cleaning up these streets real good.

[@LJRoss-zv8hw]

Funny.

[@yahoo1o1]

so are they tearing down the housing project or just sites near it??

[@nastynate3903]

Hopefully with the New Development, the locals won't tag up every building and destroy the property😑 keep it clean, keep it safe!

[@imavet9187]

Nasty Nate it aint gone be no black people thier.. Its just gone be right for the whites

[@FortunateFour]

Trust me the locals won't even be able to afford to look at the stucco on the wall

[@SumDumGai5]

Naw, it'll get tagged. Dogs have to mark their territory.

[@cxcxchanel3637]

@@SumDumGai5 itz gonna be camera everywhere tho

[@Ghost_Triple6]

This is Gentrification, they maybe helping the community but giving jobs but once the jobs are done what happens with the community ? Most likely people will have to move because they won’t be able to afford to live they’re any more which is not right one bit, there’s good people who live there trying to help the community do better while the rich are pushing them out, I pray for the best for the people who live there

[@LOS-ry1ly]

That's good them guys got hired stay with it work hard and safe and make that money man.

[@mafiagang20]

I completely agree with making a neighborhood nicer but this type of gentrification is fucked up..you put folks in projects and it becomes their home and it becomes a spiritual connection..remodeling and bringing positivity is great..but building an entire new building and raising rent and slowly kick people up is beyond fucked up in my eyes and it happens in so many places

[@ModGyver]

Dude in red kinda sound like Mike Epps

[@nwilliams-rq8eq]

if you go into someone's yard thats trespassing -do you not see that ? i dont get the logic!

[@locmarcuz4454]

GSC 101st fo Life Wattz wit it Cuzz

[@locmarcuz4454]

hurricane waters we thinking the same ,looking out tha window wit the AK ready 2 go

[@locmarcuz4454]

hurricane waters Military Minded

[@Rebeccavibe-c4e]

These are some nice looking smart me i havent see these tupe of brothers in almost 14 yrars

[@IsaacRayMusicChannel]

Dude in the red sound like mike epps hella crazy

[@bugzy510_]

These are smart brothas!

[@youngkat1400]

Gentrification.

[@macturtle4904]

Similar situation with UJIMA Village !! Damn

[@pearryon]

My brother lived in the UJIMA VILLAGE. They still fighting that lawsuit 8 years later smh. They knew it was something going on. When people was dying from cancer like symptoms at 30. A bunch of babies born with birth defects.

[@likedayummm9303]

Whole different situation...

[@juggmane8514]

I just bought a few shares of WPC stock

[@macsauce1993]

They doing that shit in my city to. When my projects got tour down it slip up the group a lil. I miss us being deep AF. Y'all enjoy why it's up

[@GenX1283]

YOOO.....this shit isn't even on Google maps yet. I used to stay next to Markham Middle School from 2004 to 2010. I remember catching the Metro bus 254 to get to Boyle Heights from Watts and never could I imagine Century Boulevard run straight between the projects like that. I never thought there would be a day where you can walk through the projects just to get to South Gate. That's fucking crazy. This is def. corporate America trying to kick the low income families out of Watts. This is gonna cause more fucking homeless than Los Angeles can already handle. Soon you're gonna see UberEats and Door Dash drivers delivering food on that block. Shit you might see scooters like Bird's and Lime's all over the side walks.

[@KOVIDGOON]

Homie dropped some hindsight game tho

[@aaronmcluven]

Salute to all them grapes out there only crip gang I'll ever respect

[@trevonmoses]

JSmoove175 not tryna be rude but why you say that?

[@boston312]

I work down the street from the Jordan Downs. I have yet to see any white people moving into the area. The only whites you see are the teachers, cops and other professionals who work in the area. The surrounding areas of the projects are still run down and the area is majority Latino (whites tend to want to live in majority white neighborhoods). It is true that the property value will rise causing all the low lives to move out to Palmdale/Lancaster via section 8 but I doubt that you will see white people replace them. Most likely it will be educated middle class Latinos and blacks who can afford to move in the new condos.

[@sadetwizelve]

4:09 now they wanna work -__- and why not work for the company tearing down the community you helped ruin in the first place.

[@eastside313yahdig.2]

Where you at officer lonzo?? I know you somewhere around here. 👀👀

[@deevita7459]

We used to call these chains the chains

[@jasonparks137]

Dope video🔥

[@u8ntme86]

12:40 My nigga said some real shit💯

[@jamesjones7183]

That's hella red in the jordan downs or nah lol

[@BeejayHussle323]

i aint even from grape street that shit look hella different from when i used to live in La

[@nadejaborras3514]

They did parts of the movie menace two society in Jordon down

[@SouthCalifas619]

They gonna price everyone out of there, the Metro playing a big part in it

[@KD-jb9pq]

Damn, they're changing everything. I remember that factory, that shit was abandon forever. Maybe it is a good thing.

[@afaworfiaadjahyudaeveo8091]

Greetings From The San Francisco Francisco Bay Area Richmond California The Hood! They doin it up here HELLA in The Bay! Richmond where I'm at, Oakland, WEST OAKLAND ESPECIALLY, San Francisco's Hunters Point & Western Edition aka THE FILMORE DISTRICT, Hercules, Pittsburgh, Antioch, VALLEJO, Fairfield, Vacaville, SACRAMENTO

[@santonior2]

Good video

[@futiousstyles3315]

So whos making the decision to knock the place down?? some how i doubt its by the people who actually live and whos families came up there… 🤔

[@AlexanderSchecter]

Need more Grape st footage

[@SlayLoc]

Tyrod taylor out here bangin lol

[@davidgreen5437]

Grape street back in the 80s was dangerous

[@Brenduuuhhh]

They been talkin bout this since 07

[@D-BRAZY]

and now it's in motion ma ma

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@murk1876 n i know real niggas that kill stoopid niggas like you lmao

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@D-BRAZY i see

[@Brenduuuhhh]

@@murk1876 fkn troll foh

[@D-BRAZY]

@@Brenduuuhhh where u from tho wit yah fly ass LOL

[@denisedenise9725]

Couldn’t find anybody better to do the tour?

[@toneill3818]

That was brilliant that

[@imstillmelo5080]

THE NEXT CABRINI GREEN STORY

[@NoName-is2es]

Naw Hell Naw Them Row Houses Still Lit

[@kingleo3722]

It's a good opportunity for maybe 2 to 5 years then gentrification takes over and the projects become luxurious condos for middle class hipsters who can pay 600k for a house or 3k for rent. I hope not. But it's all blessing in disguise. Northeast LA was token just like that.

[@EliteOnTheBeat]

Not quiet sure why you guys think this is just happening in the So Cal and in The Bay? They doing this to the entire Cali including Nor Cal and the entire valley. They gentrifying ALL of Cali pretty soon if you don't make at LEAST 6 figures a year you won't be able to live in this high tax state. Just watch. news.berkeley.edu/2017/11/16/urban-displacement-project-expands-updates-its-northern-california-maps/

[@henrysedillo5834]

JD'S

[@cotadogggates1203]

S/O 2$ The 🍇🍇 From TN 20$ DeuCes N Treys 🗣💙💙

[@maddoggy340]

Aye bro thumbs up..but why dont you go to san Bernardino im from the west. Side.. verdugo..u can interview me and a couple of homies aswell...

[@mrprovolone1625]

If i was from grape st I’ll be hurt and sick too my stomach, if you gang bang you’ll understand especially if you grew up in project housing especially if your family had generation in them, so many memories are just finna be washed away from death, shootouts, dice games ect... i pray for all my grape streets ots 🙏🏽

[@THECH0SEN0NE82]

pretty soon everyone from parts of la/oc/sd is gonna end up pushed out to the ie or end up living in some rich assholes condo with 4 other roommates sharing 1 parking spot.