Join Us at Streetsblog TV for This Morning’s Parklet Press Conference

By Damien Newton
Feb 7, 2013

StreetsblogTV_200x300_2_yellow — Click here to go to the Spring Street Parklet Opening Page at Streetsblog TV

It’s 9:00 A.M., so if the Internet gods are willing we are Live Streaming this morning’s press conference live from Spring Street. If you’re not going to make it to the LA Cafe (639 Spring Street), you can watch the conference live by clicking the Streetsblog TV logo above.

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