El Pino (The Pine Tree)

El Pino

El Pino (the Pine Tree) is a natural landmark of East Los Angeles, sitting on the border of East Los Angeles and the Boyle Heights neighborhood, on the corner of Folsom and N Indiana Streets.

The tree, an Australian bunya pine, grows on the former property of Mr. Okuno,[1] a Japanese dentist and intern in a WWII detention camp, who after receiving the land as a gift from an Anglo lady with whom his wife worked, rebuilt his business and amassed a huge library. After retiring, he took long strolls around East Los Angeles, greeting everyone and amusing the children with storytelling.

Mr. Okuno is listed in the California Who's Who.[2]

The El Pino is extensively featured in the 1993 Taylor Hackford movie Blood In Blood Out,[3] and people in East Los Angeles consider the tree a living monument of the area's multifaceted ethnic background.

References

  1. ↑ "Panoramio - Photo of El Pino". www.panoramio.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  2. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jondoeforty1/3612516019/
  3. ↑ http://www.hotlahomes.com/2010/02/el-pino-in-east-la/

Coordinates: 34°2′35.7″N 118°11′32.5″W / 34.043250°N 118.192361°W / 34.043250; -118.192361

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