The Real Hollywood, Without the Glamour – The New York Times

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The Real Hollywood, Without the Glamour

In “The Los Angeles Recordings,” Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin documents the streets of his adopted hometown, a cityscape vanishing amid gentrification.

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When Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin and his family migrated to Hollywood in 1980, they found a neighborhood of short brick apartment buildings, strip mall laundromats and liquor stores with bars on the windows and doors.