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For Some Riding in CicLAvia, it is about More than Just Having Fun (Although Fun is Allowed)
With each iteration of CicLAvia comes the stress of trying to figure out what new things can be written about it besides, "People rode bikes. And it was good."
April 22, 2013
Riding to CicLAvia from South L.A.? We’ve Got Four Feeder Rides for You!
When a week starts off with senseless acts of violence like those seen in Boston, it feels a little frivolous to prattle on about less serious subjects. That said, in its defense, CicLAvia is not as frivolous as it might seem on the surface. In the name of fun, health, good neighborships, and more livable cities, with each iteration, it manages to seamlessly bring together more and more people from all races and classes in what can otherwise be a very segregated city.
April 16, 2013
Ring, Ring! Who’s There? The Leimert Phone Company!
When is the last time you used a public payphone?
April 12, 2013
Packed Auditorium Cheers and Questions the MyFigueroa! Project
(It's taking a long time to process the video from last night. We'll have full, cleaner, copies of Gandy and Smith's presentations and the Q and A. late tonight or tomorrow. - DN)
April 10, 2013
Group Ride Feeds to Tonight’s Mega MyFigueroa Meeting
After over two years, the MyFigueroa team is finally ready to present new designs and a new project to create a truly multi-modal corridor to connect Downtown to South Los Angeles.
April 9, 2013
M&W4M&W: Organization Seeks Vibrant, Active & Excited 20-somethings Ready to Go the Distance…for their Community
The last time I wrote a full piece on Community Coalition (CoCo) I was at their election-night viewing party last November. The energy in the room was electric -- from the dancing toddlers all the way up to the dancing retirees. The success of their get-out-the-vote and Prop 30 door-knocking campaigns had provided a powerful counterweight to the Times' declaration that “South L.A.’s zeal for politics [had] faded.”
April 8, 2013
South L.A. Steps it Up with Inspirational L.A. 2050 Proposals: Great Ideas from the Advancement Project, Black Worker Center, Community Coalition, Community Health Councils, Neighborhood Land Trust, TRUST South L.A., and the WLCAC with Civic Projects
As Damien noted in his post on city-wide projects, voting on proposals submitted for the L.A. 2050 Challenge begins today.
April 2, 2013
Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Pothole Be Gone!
Just this past Wednesday, I wrote about how a pothole of epic proportions had bounced a small child out of his carrier and nearly been his undoing.
March 29, 2013
The Pothole That Ate Manhattan. And a Small Child.
There are potholes and then there are POTHOLES.
March 27, 2013