Eyes on the Street: Huntington Park’s Veterans Park Corridor Walk/Bike Trails
The city of Huntington Park’s Veterans Park. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
Last year, the southeast L.A. County city of Huntington Park opened Veterans Park, a new linear park featuring walk and bike paths. The half-mile long park is located below high-voltage powerlines and presents a very good example of how to convert underutilized utility corridors into multi-purpose community spaces.
Veterans Park extends ten blocks from Walnut Street to Santa Ana Street. It is about 0.56 mile long - and about 50 feet wide. The northern end of the park is located just two blocks from Metro's planned West Santa Ana Branch rail line.
Apologies that Streetsblog doesn't have a more thorough history of this project. It opened last August; catch the grand opening ceremonies posted on the city's Facebook page.
Streetsblog visited the site last weekend.
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