Boyle Heights

It's a packed weekend in Boyle Heights, filled with bicycle rides, events highlighting historical treasures, and an intersection getting some new public furniture. Here's a weekend rundown of things to check out:

I woke up sore in the morning, Damien learned how to do an Eastside handshake, and memories were made. Thanks to Dewey Tafoya and Social Machine Productions to making our Eastside Streetsblog shirt design, Santa Monica Spoke for donating the Flying Pigeon Bicycle, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition for letting us use their bike valet, the music by DJ Alter, Angela Flores, Alejandra Leyva, and Gloria Estrada, and El Haru-Kuroi. Thanks to the Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade and Montebello Bicycle Coalition for leading rides to the event, to Eastside Luv Wine Bar y Queso for letting us use their beautiful space and all the staff that helped make the event so enjoyable, to Un Solo Sol Restaurant for donating papusas, and Eastsiderwriter.com for designing our event flyer. And to all the volunteers that helped with managing the bike valet and collecting donations at the door (I owe you all a very nice breakfast).

Bike rides from east to west? Check. Bike Valet? Check. Awesome bike crews, and Streetsblog staff showing up? Check. Music from Angela Flores and Alejandra Leyva, AND El Haru-Kuroi at  Eastside Luv Wine Bar y Queso? Sounds like puro party.

At the announcement of the Design Aesthetic Advisory Committee for the 6th Street Bridge on July 9, one of the biggest issues was the opposing ideas for a design that respects the past, against one that represents the future.

The Eastside Tour just keeps getting better. At the first event this Wednesday for the Los Angeles Streetsblog Eastside Tour, we will be raffling off a Flying Pigeon single speed bicycle donated (back) to us by Santa Monica Spoke (thanks, guys!). Look for either me, Kris Fortin, or Damien Newton, and we'll get some tickets in your hands.

View Eastside Tour ride to Eastside Luv in a larger map

In the upcoming CicLAvia on October 7, the Boyle Heights route finally moved up to Mariachi Plaza, and goes down 1st Street to Soto Street. This is the first change to the Boyle Heights route since the car-free event started in 2010.