Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Open Space

The defunct campus of Glenelder Elementary in Hacienda Heights, could be the future site of a luxury condo development. Credit: Chris Greenspon/Streetsblog

County Supervisors Toss Out Activist Appeal Against Hacienda Heights Condos, Solis Abstains

By Chris Greenspon | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

A coalition of concerned residents had a dozen arguments up their sleeves to stave off development in their neighborhood, but it wasn’t enough to get their way

Cyclists take to the newly car-free stretch of Griffith Park Drive. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Griffith Park Opens Newly Car-Free Street, More To Come

By Joe Linton | Jul 5, 2022 | No Comments

The April 16 death of cyclist Andrew Jelmert is spurring Griffith Park safety improvements, including a new three-quarter-mile car-free stretch of Griffith Park Drive

SGV Connect 94 – Accessible Bike Facilities and the Future Puente Hills Park

By Damien Newton and Chris Greenspon | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Damien talks with disability advocate Megan Lynch. Chris interviews Supervisor Hilda Solis.

East L.A.'s new rainwater infiltration medians. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Eyes on the Street: New East L.A. Rainwater Infiltration Medians

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

The East Los Angeles Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project construction is done, and the native landscape is in full bloom

The city's Riverside Drive Bridge project renderings show bike lanes, but the finished version omitted the lanes, substituting sharrows instead. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Another L.A. City Bridge Project Approved Bike Lanes but Omitted Them: Riverside/Zoo Bridge

By Joe Linton | May 10, 2021 | No Comments

Honey, we forgot the bike lanes

Mrs. Willa Bruce (left) with her daughter-in-law Meda (center) and her sister - near Bruce's Lodge in Manhattan Beach, ca 1920s . Photo via Living the California Dream by Alison Rose Jefferson, courtesy California African American Museum

L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."

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