Yesterday, the Los Angeles City harbor neighborhood of Wilmington hosted a CicLAmini open streets festival, closing two and a quarter miles of streets to drivers, and opening them to people on foot, bike, skates, and scooters.
The route was mainly on Avalon Boulevard, with spurs on M Street and C Street connecting to hubs at Banning Park and Wilmington Waterfront Park, respectively.
While CicLAminis are drawing somewhat smaller crowds than 4-5+ mile full CicLAvia routes, plenty of Angelenos, mostly on bike, flocked to Wilmington streets yesterday.
Hubs at each end - and restaurants along the way - were crowded. Lots of people spilled onto Avalon Boulevard around Wilmington Town Square Park, which hosted musical performances and vending booths.
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Streetsblog also visited the newly opened Wilmington Waterfront Promenade, located just south of the route. The Port of L.A.'s new 9-acre park opened in February, and is planned to connect to Wilmington Waterfront Park soon, via a future bike/walk bridge that recently received federal funding. (The new promenade is currently accessible via Avalon Boulevard.)
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Readers - how was your experience at yesterday's CicLAvia Wilmington CicLAmini?
The next CicLAvia will be Sunday June 24 along Western Avenue in South Los Angeles.