Parklets
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A Look at Parklets from the L.A. Forum: L.A. Interrupted
(The following article appeared in the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Fall 2013 Newsletter, available here. For information on how to join the forum, click here. In addition to other benefits, members receive a paper copy of the newsletter in the mail. - DN)
December 19, 2013
We Can Tell You How to Get, How to Get to People St
"Thank you for liberating our streets," City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin greeted LADOT staff last week. While LADOT staff may not be used to a hero's welcome, Assistant General Manager Dan Mitchell and Assistant Pedestrian Coordinator Valerie Watson weren't there to present a typical transportation project, or even to talk about why some five-lane street in The Valley needs to have its speed limit increased.
December 11, 2013
Spring Street: A Park(ing) Day Success Story.
“Over the past few years, the community along Spring Street has become much more tightly woven. The ‘bump’ factor happens all the time now. If not daily, then at least several times a week, I will happen across not only people that I know but that occasional person that I forgot I even once knew! … As a place that brings people together, Spring Street has become a thriving neighborhood spot and an attractive regional destination for other Angelenos seeking a brief reprieve in our little small-town urban oasis we like to call DTLA.”
– Will Wright, AIA-LA Government and Public Affairs Director and Spring Street Resident
September 20, 2013
Parklet Party in Downtown Los Angeles
There were lots of cameras, but only one outlet broadcasted the parklet opening live.
It felt like a political rally.
February 7, 2013
Highland Park Parklet Not in Front of Restaurant? Attempts to Create Public Space For All
The first of Los Angeles's four parklets opened up Saturday on York Boulevard in Highland Park. While its the second of its kind in Greater Los Angeles, it may be one of the few parklets across the nation that isn't tied to any one business as it sits adjacent to a crosswalk, and is in front of a bank and a hardware store.
February 4, 2013
City Council Poised to Approve Four More Parklets
(Note: Details on all three City Council hearings on the resolution authorizing four parklets to be built can be found at the end of this story.)
August 21, 2012
Una Placita: Mercado’s Virgin de Guadelupe Shrine Creates a Social Space From a Parking Space
The Virgin de Guadelupe shrine is one of the most recognizable landmarks at the Mercado de Los Angeles. The christmas lights that drape over the shrine make it one of the brightest and colorful spots in the Mercado parking lot at night, even with the Mercado only a few steps away.
February 23, 2012
The View from Long Beach’s New Parklet
Last Friday, January 20th 2012, Long Beach opened its, and Southern California's, very first parklet. It's located in Long Beach's Retro Row district, on Fourth Street just east of Cherry, directly across from the Art Theater. It's right in front of Lola's Mexican Cuisine at 2030 East Fourth Street, LB 90814 (map.)
January 24, 2012