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Students, Professors Acitivsts Call for Grade-Separated Connector
Last night Metro, kicked off a week of public outreach for the environmental studies for the Downtown Connector,aka Regional Connector, with a meeting at the University of Southern California. This marked the first time that they held a meeting at USC as previous efforts had focused on the Downtown and Chinatown. For those new to the project, this project will connect the Blue, Gold and Expo Lines providing one-seat rides from Pasadena to Long Beach and vice-versa. The connector could save riders up to 21 minutes if a rider from Long Beach needed to get to Pasadena and had to transfer multiple times and buy multiple tickets. For more details of the project, go to the project's official website or check out this great article from Blogdowntown.
March 31, 2009
Have Your Say on the New Design for Civic Center Park
Yesterday morning, the LA Times unveiled Rios Clementi Hale's new design for the Civic Center Park, which will be under construction in the spring of 2010. Reaction to the plan, be it from the LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne or downtowners at Blogdowntown has been more negative than positive. Before jumping into your own analysis, make sure to read this synposis of changes at Curbed, the story going over the basics at the Times and the collection of images at Blogdowntown.
March 13, 2009
Bringing Back Broadway Wants Your Help with Streetscape Plan
As part of their efforts to revitalize the commercial corridor along Broadway, Bringing Back Broadway wants our help to tell them what streetscaping and pedestrian amenities are needed to spruce up this iconic boulevard. While Broadway is still a place teaming with pedestrian life, Broadway itself is one of those mis-designed Los Angeles streets that place a premium on moving cars and not creating a safe and enjoyable place for people to walk, talk, and, not least of all, buy things.
February 4, 2009
Planning Comission Approves New Pedestrian Plan for Downtown
The Planned New Genesis Apartments Will Comply with New Proposed Pedestrian Standards
January 12, 2009
Public Wants Below Ground Light Rail for Downtown Connector
Via Blogdowntown: Metro's Proposed Below-Grade Route
October 16, 2008
Streetcar Workshop Planned for Tomorrow
The "Bringing Broadway Back" coalition and Councilman Jose Huizar is hosting another workshop on the value of bringing a streetcar to Broadway tomorrow from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. at the New Los Angeles Theater Center, 514 South Spring Street. Bringing Broadway Back sees a the addition of trolley service to one of Los Angeles' most traversed pedestrian thruways.
August 13, 2008
Plan for LA’s Central Park Showing at 7th and Fig
Last month, a group of graduate students working with city staff designed a model of what downtown Los Angeles would look like if the 101 Freeway were capped and Los Angeles undertook creating its version of Central Park. While some planners scoffed at the notion, one email I received joked that it looked like a … Continued
July 31, 2008