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Weekend Update: Lawsuit and Rally to Save Riverside-Figueroa Landbridge
Last Wednesday, proponents of preserving the historic Riverside-Figueroa Bridge lost an appeal before the L.A. City Public Works Commission. EnrichLA, RAC Design Build, and others, have pressed for converting the bridge into a "Landbridge" - an elevated park, similar to New York City's Highline, accessible to pedestrians and cyclists.
June 1, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Security Fence at Ed Reyes River Park, Opening Soon?
There's a brand new security fence at Ed P. Reyes River Park, located just east of the Metro Gold Line in Lincoln Heights.
April 24, 2014
Pop-Up Plaza Enhances Art Walk, Hints at What Could Be in Leimert
As we watched the group led by female elders drumming their way toward us, Rashida, a vendor of wonderful-smelling body scrubs, leaned over and said, "You can't get this anywhere else in L.A.!"
April 1, 2014
If Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Surely it Should Also be a Component of “Complete”-ness, No?
As folks were preparing to cut the cake in honor of the Complete Streets Day motion put forth by Councilmember Jose Huizar at City Hall last week, I was getting geared up to volunteer at a high school located in his district, around which many of the streets are decidedly incomplete.
March 10, 2014
Feasibility Study on Slauson Corridor Rail-to-River Project Takes Another Step Forward
How are you going to get community input?
March 5, 2014
Streets and Creeks, Part 1: Why Fish Need Bicycles
Given all the coverage and advisories about Los Angeles receiving heavy rains today, Streetsblog is kicking off an occasional series that makes the connections between rain, streets, creeks and people.
February 28, 2014
Garbage Removal Makes Space for New Trash to Accumulate
I lost the last of three Turkish wool hats on Sunday.
February 27, 2014
Boyle Heights Forum Tonight: Neighborhood Land Trust Seeks to Help Communities Take Charge of Blight
Vacant lots constitute a huge thorn in the side of communities around Los Angeles.
February 26, 2014
Blight Begets Blight: Vacant Lots are Popular Dumping Grounds in South L.A.
I was on my way home after taking photos of the pretty new parklet that had popped up along Vermont Ave. a month ago, when I stopped by this beauty of a vacant lot (above) at 41st and Main.
February 25, 2014
Long Beach: Garcia Follows Garcetti in Restoring LA River
Back in April, former director of Long Beach Park, Recreation & Marine Phil Hester sat in front of a bunch of urbanerds and bicyclists, pedestrian-oriented folks and designers, and discussed an idea that is both brilliant and needed on a community level: the 2002 RiverLinks projects. RiverLinks would vastly use the underused L.A. River by connecting the west sides of Districts 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to the river via biking/ped/green utopia.
November 14, 2013