3.2 acres · two halls

Lot zones, drawn like a spread.

Gate faces East 1st. Mariachi Plaza sits a short walk west. Soto Station is east. The drawing below is a magazine map, not a surveyed plat. Areas are sq ft first.

E 1st gatePorch desk · 1,200 sq ft

Shade groveSails + Little Suns play · 18,000 sq ft

North HallHomework + dinner line · 8,400 sq ft

Open courtAsphalt, hoops, evening lights · 22,000 sq ft

South HallMaker + studio · 6,100 sq ft

Kitchen porchHot line, outdoor tables

Maker shedPrinters, tools, benches

Garden bedsTomatoes, herbs, drip line

How the lot actually works

North Hall holds the dinner steam and the homework porch. South Hall keeps dust off printers and paint. Between them the court stays open unless rain actually falls — rare enough that we still cheer.

Garden beds sit on the Soto side so morning sun hits the trellis. Bike corral hugs the gate. Restrooms in both halls. Water bottle fill at the kitchen porch because Los Angeles heat does not wait for a speech.

Pre-open spend on grade, shade, and halls: $5.84 million from the foundation, already out the door before the first bell.

Modern three-story hall with a glass ground floor and a parked car on the street

Modern hall exterior on a street. Not a photo of 1402 E 1st. Wikimedia Commons.

Low white cafeteria building with an outdoor stair and a sign in Bengali

Community cafeteria building with an open stair — not our kitchen. Wikimedia Commons.