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Special Edition
Anaheim Blvd: Hood to Suburb
by Alkaid Ramirez
Anaheim Blvd: Hood to Suburb is a panoramic artist book that examines the gentrification of Orange County, California’s Anaheim and the erasure of Latinx/e communities within. Narrated as oral history by Alkaid Ramirez, the book is structured as a photographic timeline of the artist's neighborhood, outlining the displacement of family businesses and homes—a devastating effect of the rampant real-estate developments in the area uprooting working-class communities. Ramirez writes about Anaheim Blvd, recollecting childhood memories and local establishments to document the importance of Chicanx history: An old veterano, a doughnut shop on the corner, hard-working parents who built his community. Both a counter-archive and a call to action, Ramirez refuses to accept the loss of his neighborhood. Instead, he speaks back, coopting developers' language, signage, and "we buy homes" postcards, remaining hopeful that local organizing and resistance movements will preserve the presence of those who made Anaheim.
The publication features photography and writing by Alkaid Ramirez, an essay by Sarah Rafael García, and poetry by Jesús Cortez.
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Size: 8 in. x 6 in. text block, 84 in. fold-out accordion, (5) 5 in. x 7 in. postcards
Binding: Hardcover with Swiss binding & Singer-sewn essay
Printing: Duotone digital offset interior, laser-jet transparencies &
Risograph (Black & Metallic Gold) pamphlet essay
Cover Material: Colorplan Vermillion with foil & French Paper belly band
Paper Stock: 100lb Cover Accent Opaque White (interior) & 80lb Text French Paper Construction Grey (essay)
Cover & Interior printing by Conveyor Studio
Risograph & Laserjet printing & production by Seaton Street Press
Published by Seaton Street Press 2025
© ALKAID RAMIREZ
