Taking an elevated position against small lot development
Artist Anne Hars has been placing balloons at several locations around Los Angeles in a symbolic gesture against small-lot developers who are pressuring tenants to move to make way for more pricey townhomes. The use of balloons to try to illuminate the issue, Hars said, was inspired by the animated film “Up” - the story an elderly resident who refuses to leave his home and uses balloons to put it in flight.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)Artist Anne Hars has been placing balloons at several locations around Los Angeles in a symbolic gesture against small-lot developers who are pressuring tenants to move to make way for more pricey town homes.
The tenants in all but three units of the multi-unit residence in the 500 block of South Carondelet Street in Los Angeles have moved out.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)One of the last remaining residents of this multi-unit property, Tiger Munson, 52, watches as artist Anne Hars, 45, right, blows up balloons with helium to place on the property in a symbolic gesture against small-lot developers.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)Tiger Munson, shown in his apartment, is one of the last remaning residents at a building in the 500 block of South Carondelet Street, a place he has called home for well over a decade and has no desire to leave.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)A wall of green grows over the electric meters at a multi-unit residence located in the 500 block of South Carondelet Street in Los Angeles.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)A multi-unit residence in the 500 block of South Carondelet Street in Los Angeles is one of the places that artist Anne Hars, 45, has been placing helium-filled balloons in a symbolic gesture against small-lot developers who are forcing tenants to move to make way for more pricey town homes.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)