Events
Streetsblog LA
“The Architecture of Transportation” Design Symposium
A design symposium to promote a healthier built environment
PRESENTED BY PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
June 10, 2011
Video Screening: Out the Window
The project links physical and virtual worlds through digital media portraits of places, offering views from different neighborhoods up to the city and region at large. Out the Window aims to create a mosaic of the many social, cultural, economic and creative layers of this complex American city. In reply, bus riders can text responses instantly or eventually to location-specific and thematic questions posed on the screens by youths, artists or community curators.
June 6, 2011
Streetsblog Fundraiser at Flying Pigeon Bike Shop
On Friday, June 17, L.A. Streetsblog rolls back in to Northeast L.A. for its 2nd Annual Fundraiser with the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop on 3714 N. Figueroa Street. The event will be in two parts, with a bike ride beginning at 6:30 P.M. and an after party beginning at 8:00. We’re asking for $10 to joins us on the ride, $10 for the after party or $15 for both. Of course, everything is on a sliding scale and nobody will be turned away.
June 5, 2011
Spoke (n) Art Ride
More Info The Spoke (n) Art Ride is a once-a-month bicycle tour of art galleries, parks both public and private, and anywhere the creative human spirit expresses itself in North East Los Angeles.
June 5, 2011
New Park Design From East Los Angeles High School Students
Ninth Grade Students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy (ELARA) will be presenting their park designs. These students explored the look, feel, and layout of three, diverse parks across the city. Then they worked in teams to design their ideal parks. They designed and built wonderful models for their parks using a grain of rice as the scale. www.flickr.com/photos/latinourbanforum/sets/72157626690444445
June 4, 2011
James Corner on Parks & Urban Environments
Parks have a profound effect on the communities around them. View the interaction between our open spaces and the urban environment from a fresh perspective. Internationally-renowned landscape architect James Corner will draw from his experiences exploring the intersection between urbanism and landscape design to discuss the importance of parks to urban settings.
June 3, 2011
Urban Land Institute: TOD Summit 2011
ULI Los Angeles is hosting the 2nd Annual TOD Summit to engage public and private sector leaders to discuss pressing transportation and land use challenges and opportunities. Join us in provocative case studies, panel discussions, and tours, and share in our pioneering endeavor to rethink how we plan, fund, and build our future communities.
May 30, 2011