L.A.'s old industrial district lies to the east of Little Tokyo and drifts south of the 101 Freeway.  It is an area in transition.

The industrial district is rapidly being gentrified, especially in its northernmost blocks. The dozens of loft structures that are currently being built signal the emergence of a vibrant arts district.

Transitions take awhile.  For the present, the area still functions as a thriving industrial district. What's more, it is a district whose many warehouse and factory walls create space for outsider art.  There is an impressive number of politically-radical posters, stickers,  and murals. By far, the stencil artist king of the industrial district is RTH. His work is all over the place. As one observer notes, RTH's work "multiplies over night, overrunning the city and sending old ladies flying through their roofs...with their automatic stair-climber seat things."

Commercial artists, some of whom should undoubtedly be regarded as "outsiders," paint odd images in odd places.  Homeless residents scrawl messages.