Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parks

Griffith Park Traffic Response: Poorly Defined Free Parking Expansion Pilot

By Joe Linton | Mar 24, 2015 | 28 Comments

The city of Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is a 4000+acre green-space gem at the heart of highly developed region. Since the early 1990s, the park has had an extensive network of closed-to-cars paved roads that crisscross many of its wilderness hillsides. These roads offer a quiet respite from the city, plus incredible views. Like other car-free spaces, they […]

Eyes on the Street: Avalon and Gage Pocket Park is Now Open

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 12, 2015 | No Comments

Over the past year, I watched the Neighborhood Land Trust and Department of Parks and Recreation slowly transform a dumpy traffic island at Avalon and Gage into something families in the community could actually use and be proud of. The transformation couldn’t come soon enough. The island sits at a very busy intersection in a […]

Eyes on the Street: Avalon/Gage Pocket Park Continues to Take Shape

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 21, 2014 | 3 Comments

As much as I genuinely adore South L.A., I have to admit it isn’t always the sparkliest of places. Years of neglect by the city, a lack of investment in infrastructure, the seemingly haphazard zoning (or lack of enforcement of codes) that allows for toxic enterprises to set up shop in residential areas, and rampant […]

South L.A. Power Fest Illustrates Successful Placemaking Requires Deep Community Roots

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

“We are only as strong as our weakest link,” youth leader Alfonso Aguilar tells the youth participating in the South Central Youth Empowered through Action (SCYEA) program at Community Coalition (CoCo). “So, if you’re feeling weak, step into the center of the circle.” Much to my surprise, a dozen students ranging from 14 to 18 […]

A Pocket Park Begins to Take Shape in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

My, my, what have we here? I pulled up at Avalon and Gage to survey the change happening at what I had always considered a terribly depressing island with great potential. In case you’re not sure what that category of traffic island looks like, here’s the “before” shot: The intersection is one that marks the […]

Judge Denies Demolition Injunction for Riverside-Figueroa Bridge

By Joe Linton | Jun 2, 2014 | 6 Comments

At a hearing this morning, Judge James Chalfant denied an appeal that would have stopped the demolition of the city of Los Angeles’ historic Riverside-Figueroa Bridge. Plaintiffs Enrich L.A. and RAC Design Build have been pushing for the city to preserve the span into and convert it into the Landbridge, an elevated park similar to […]

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