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Kickball to the Rescue!: How Active Programming in Parks Makes Communities Safer
When I first visited Ted Watkins Park at 103rd and Central shortly after my arrival in L.A. in 2001, I didn't stay very long.
May 6, 2014
The Dept. of Parks and Rec Wants Your Input on What Parks Should Be
I've been watching the makeover that the Julian C. Dixon/48th St. Park on Hoover and 48th has been undergoing for the past couple of months with some interest.
November 22, 2013
Park[ing] Day Installation in South L.A. Highlights Residents’ Desperate Need for Peaceful Green Space. And Plants.
The young man looked nervous.
September 24, 2013
Area Baby Rides Metro, Has Wonderful Day.
"Um, excuse me," I stuck my head out the door and called out to the Metro employee who was chatting on her phone on the shady side of the elevator.
September 16, 2013
USC’s Planned Expansion in Boyle Heights: When Planning Objectives and Community Perceptions Collide
Taking a deep breath as he looked out over the crowd that had gathered in the gymnasium of Hazard Park to discuss USC's planned expansion on its Health Sciences Campus, the lanky and earnest youth with the air filtration mask dangling from his belt made an appeal to the hearts of the USC representatives.
August 14, 2013
Friends of the Hollywood Central Park Challenge Us to Design Our Own Park
Friends of the Hollywood Central Park (FHCP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a 44-acre street-level park over the Hollywood Freeway in a densely populated and park-poor area of the city, launched a new facet of thir website today to encourage everyone to tap their inner architect and create their own dream park. You can visit the Design Your Own Park Tool inside the Hollywood Central Park website by clicking here.
July 15, 2013
Politicians Raise Awareness about Blight by Sticking their Signs on Every Vacant Lot in CD 9
If there is a lot in CD 9 that is vacant, foreclosed, abandoned, or in severe disrepair, you can bet either Ana Cubas or Curren Price (especially Price) has found it and stuck a sign on it, like this lot (above) on Broadway and 48th.
May 3, 2013
Clean-up Effort of a “Beauty Spot” Unearths a Strange History in Watts
When is a public park not open to the public? Or even a park?
January 28, 2013
Dear Santa: the 50 Parks Initiative is Great, but Please Bring South L.A. Some Green Space for Christmas
While hiking in Griffith Park, my friend remarked that he found it refreshing to be surrounded by so much wildlife.
December 20, 2012