CicLAvia
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Start Your CicLAvia in South Los Angeles!
Although it may not have its own full-fledged CicLAvia extension just yet, you can still start your day off in a celebration of South L.A.
April 13, 2012
CicLAvia: Getting Down, Changing Perspective, Seeing LA from a Different Angle
(In a wild coincidence, many of the country's top urban planners will be in town for CicLAvia this year as the American Planning Association holds their annual conference beginning this Saturday in Downtown Los Angeles. We reached out to a local planning expert, USC Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, David Sloane. It would so happen that Sloane's newest book, Planning Los Angeles, will also be released this week. - DN)
April 11, 2012
CicLAvia Needs Your Help, Pledge Your Support on Kick Starter
The Kick Starter campaign for CicLAvia enters its last twelve hours in just a couple of moments, and they need your help. To earn any of the well over $10,000 that they have already earned through pledges, they need to raise another $1,655 by 1:50 A.M. tonight. That's how Kick Starter works, you either meet or exceed your goal or you don't get any of the pledged funds.
April 4, 2012
Riding with the Real Rydaz: Planning for a July Tour of South L.A.
Although a few state parks will close on July 1, Shuntain Thomas, the Real Rydaz, and We Are Responsible People (WARP) want you to know that the streets of South Los Angeles will be open for riding.
April 3, 2012
CicLAvia Is Right Around the Corner, But You Can Get Involved Today
L.A. Streetsblog is pretty excited about Los Angeles' fourth CicLAvia coming up in just under three weeks. On Sunday April 15th 2012, about 100,000 Angelenos will experience what L.A. streets can be when we just remove a few pesky automobiles. In case you've been hiding under a rock for the last couple years, watch these earlier Streetfilms to get a sense for CicLAvia. Then cancel any plans you may have made for April 15th, lace up your walking shoes or tune up your ten-speed and go directly to CicLAvia.
March 28, 2012
A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers
Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see the final product. The soul of a neighborhood is its people, I had argued in defending my approach at the time. Without them, the structures are just a shell.
February 7, 2012
CicLAvia: Where’s Next?
It seems as though each CicLAvia is attracting more and more people to the carfree festival that connects ten neighborhoods bordering and including Downtown. After past CicLAvia's, we've asked where's next? But as CicLAvia has become such a powerful symbol of what Los Angeles can be, the chorus calling for a local CicLAvia is growing.
October 11, 2011