Hope for Little Venezuela in Los Angeles

In unity there is strength. No need to tell that to Dassler Dazha, a former telenovela actor in his native Venezuela and present-day floral designer in Los Angeles. Dazha is the dynamo-in-chief behind the movement to scrub up a stretch of eyesore along Western Avenue, between Santa Monica and Hollywood Boulevards, in Los Angeles, and label it “Little Venezuela.” The envisioned enclave expects to sparkle with cafes, art galleries, and trendy shops in the vein of Sabana Grande, a Greenwich Village-like strip in Caracas. More…