rec center

Mine, currently, is a back-alley trail that winds through Eagle Rock’s rec center, through the hills and onto the Occidental College campus.

“Vivek Ramaswamy announced this week that he was suspending his presidential campaign. He plans to return to his true passion, tearing down the teen rec center to build a shopping mall.”

Compared with the aging housing units, the rec center is huge and modern.

Mayo — whose family founded the prestigious Mayo Clinic nonprofit hospital system 159 years ago — turned the rec center into a star-studded place.

He played baseball in the dusty field behind the rec center, started a community garden in Imperial Courts, founded an anti-bullying program at his school.