El Pino (The Pine Tree)

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.

El Pino

Background

The tree, an Australian bunya pine, grows on the former property of Dr. 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 June 18, 2016.
  2. jondoeforty1. "El Pino" – via flickr.com.
  3. ""El Pino" in East LA". hotlahomes.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
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