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This Week In Livable Streets
By Joe Linton |
Vision Zero mixer today! Stories from the Frontline, Great Streets, Metro committees, Purple Line neighborhood plans
Mobility Justice Advocates Gather in Leimert Park for Untokening California
By Sahra Sulaiman |
She had had enough of hearing her community spoken about in offensive ways by well- (and not-so-well-) meaning planners and advocates, enough of giving 110 percent of herself only to realize a fraction of what she put forward was being seen as having value, enough of how disinterested those with power over what happened in marginalized communities remained in the larger picture, and enough of being tokenized.
Leimert Takes Steps Toward Re-Branding with Pop-Up Plaza and More this Weekend
By Sahra Sulaiman |
As I listened to speakers on the “Creative Industry Business Development, Tourism Markets, Branding, Marketing, Event Management, Business Alliances, and Program Partnerships” panel at the Leimert Park Design Charrette this past January, one question kept bothering me: Why is so much discussion being directed at marketing Leimert Park to the international arena? It makes perfect […]
Bike Lanes Planned for Fletcher Drive, Meeting Tonight
By Joe Linton |
At tonight’s meeting of the Glassell Park Improvement Association, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell will be presenting the Department of Transportation’s (LADOT) planned Fletcher Drive Streetscape Project. Project plans are posted at the GPIA website. The project includes a road diet with bike lanes, plus new landscaped median islands. The bike lanes extend 0.8 miles from […]
AEG Wants a Green Stadium for Downtown L.A. – No New Parking Required
By Damien Newton |
The Sporting News provides one of the first real looks at what plans entertainment giant AEG has planned for their proposed NFL Football Stadium that would be located in Downtown Los Angeles. There’s some good news for those concerned that the new Stadium would be accompanied with a gigantic sea of parking, as most NFL […]
Community Gets Ready for Sunday’s CicLAvia: “It’s Going to Be a Good Day for South L.A.”
By Sahra Sulaiman |
It was exciting, said Community Health Council’s (CHC) Andres Ramirez Huiztek, that South L.A. would finally have the opportunity to “show [people] what CicLAvia can be” this weekend. If you’ve attended a CicLAvia event before — a festival that spans and connects communities by temporarily closing the streets to cars and opening them to people […]