Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parklets

Eyes on the Street: Motor Avenue’s New Parklets, Celebrate This Thursday

By Joe Linton | Aug 8, 2016 | 4 Comments

This week, the Motor Avenue Improvement Association will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating two great new parklets on Motor Avenue. The festivities will take place on Thursday August 11 at 1 p.m. at 3376 Motor Avenue in Palms. The parklets are part of the city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) innovative People St program, where communities […]

Eyes on the Street: Parklet Underway on Motor Avenue

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2016 | No Comments

Last week, a new parklet opened in downtown L.A.’s South Park. The next People St parklet installation is already underway on Motor Avenue in Palms. The parklet pictured is in front of C&M Cafe at 3272 Motor Avenue, a block south of the Metro Expo Line Phase 2 and the Expo bikeway’s Northvale gap. Motor was improved […]

Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Parklet On Hope Street

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2016 | 4 Comments

People Street meets Hope Street. Just over a hundred people attended the grand opening of Los Angeles’ newest parklet, located on Hope Street just below 11th Street in the downtown L.A. neighborhood of South Park. In case you are not familiar with the term, a parklet is a mini-park that replaces a parking space or […]

Main Street in Santa Monica Poised to Get 2 Parklets

By Jason Islas | Nov 23, 2015 | No Comments

Update: The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved three locations for the city’s pilot parklet program. The three locations include the two recommended by staff and a third at Main and Hill in front of Finn McCool’s. The Santa Monica City Council next Tuesday will consider giving the go-ahead to the beachside city’s first two […]

Temporary Parklets Occupy Parking Spaces During Park(ing) Day L.A. 2015

By Joe Linton | Sep 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

In spaces around the world, Park(ing) Day happens annually on the third Friday of September. Groups take over parking spaces, feed the meter, and create and occupy temporary parklets. It all draws attention to the potential for small urban spaces, and the high opportunity cost for turning over so much urban land to storing private […]

Guide To Park(ing) Day 2015 Parklet Sites – Plus Metro Parking Update

By Joe Linton | Sep 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

International Park(ing) Day is not the massively humongous event it has been in past years in L.A. Nonetheless, there are still parks popping up in mid- and downtown. Below is a list of some Southern California park(s) to check out. (updated with additional sites! Some additional locations at parkingday.org) In Mid-City L.A., the Mid City West […]

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