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Washington Court Plaza Community Workshop
By Damien Newton |
Washington Court Plaza is located in front of the Municipal Building on Washington Bloulevard between Olive and Hill Streets. We are in the early stages of planning a new park and are looking to hear YOUR ideas. The Washington Court Plaza workshops are sponsored by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, […]
Design Your Own Park – Meeting on Olympic and Grand Linear Park – Tonight!
By Damien Newton |
A map of the project area provided by Deborah Murphy Urban Design and Planning Yesterday the Los Angeles Times featured a story on what the Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) plan to bring a linear park to the corner of Olympic and Grand. The Times does an excellent job explaining what the CRA is planning, but […]
Being Pedestrian: A South Park Picnic
By Damien Newton |
Saturday, March 12, 2 – 5 PM Grand Hope Park, Downtown Los Angeles Free and open to the public On Saturday, March 12, join us for A South Park Picnic, a celebratory event that concludes the inaugural series of BEING PEDESTRIAN @ HABEAS LOUNGE, a program of walking and awareness about the ever changing neighborhood […]
Art, Food Justice, and Bike Rides Make South L.A. the Place to be this Weekend
By Sahra Sulaiman |
One of the really fun things about tracking South L.A. as intimately as I have over the past couple of years is seeing how the area is transforming itself, both as a site of innovation in community organizing and as a destination for arts and fun. This weekend’s events offer a perfect example of what […]
Theoretical Design for LA’s Central Park to Be Unveiled This Friday
By Damien Newton |
The 101, Today By now most of you have read the opinion piece from last Friday’s Times that called for a "Central Park" for Los Angeles. The piece by Vaughan Davies, director of urban planning for EDAW’s LA office, is just the first step in a campaign to show Angelenos what opportunities exist in the […]
End Goal in Pacoima: A Wash That’s Beautiful
By Damien Newton |
One of the lessons that the world’s great cities learned is how to use natural and man created landmarks to strengthen and create great places. This is one area where Los Angeles still lags, and nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the Pacoima Wash. The Wash is a tributary of the Los […]