established in 1920 and known today as St.

For more information on Little Tokyos 140th anniversary.highlighting LTCC’s pivotal role in preserving this historic neighborhood.

CA – One of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles is celebrating its remarkable milestone of 140 years of rich Japanese American history.Achieving an underground route for the Metro Regional Connector Transit project in 2011.the neighborhoods identity is continuously and chronically threatened.

urban renewal in the 1970s and threats of gentrification and displacement that has been on the rise for over two decades.Little Tokyo has endured over a century of adversities.

celebrates 25 years of protecting.

Advocating and winning significant mitigations from Metro due to the Regional Connector construction impacts on the neighborhood.Yosh UchidaBorn in 1920 he grew up on his familys strawberry and tomato farm in Garden Grove and was introduced to judo when he was ten years old.

In 1989 he sold his chain of medical laboratories for $30 million.After graduating from Garden Grove High School.

During World War II he served in the medical corps while his family was incarcerated in Idaho and at the Poston concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation CenterKikis Gold Award project is Preserving Japanese American History.