Uncategorized
Streetsblog LA
Culture Heals at Proyecto Jardín in Boyle Heights
As I sat down to watch the performance by Kalpulli Tlaltekuhtli for the "movement is medicine" segment of the La Cultura Cura Día de los Muertos celebration at Proyecto Jardín, I was (once again) reminded of my encounter with displaced Afro-Colombian farmers in Bogotá, Colombia, a decade earlier.
November 7, 2013
A Response to Today’s Blame the Victim Op/Ed in the Los Angeles Times
(Note: Read this first. - DN)
November 5, 2013
Streetsblog Needs your Help at ARTCRANK This Saturday
We're closing in on ARTCRANK the one night art poster and beer party that will take place on Saturday, November 9 at Space 15 Twenty, 1520 North Cahuenga Blvd from 4-10 pm. Streetsblog Los Angeles is the "cause partner" for the event, meaning a portion of the proceeds come right to us...but we still need your help to make the event all it can be.
November 5, 2013
Gardening Students in South L.A. Use Their Skills to Build Garden Beds for Local Families
Sandwiched between 110 fwy on the west, the 10 fwy and the Blue Line tracks to the north, and an industrial area to the east, the All Peoples Community Center sits in a densely packed neighborhood in Historic South Central that seems to have been forgotten by the city. You know things can't be great when a gang can take the liberty of drawing enormous hand signs in the middle of an intersection (below), for the benefit of anyone in doubt about whose territory they are in. And, every time I roll through there, I feel like I and everything around me are being liberally coated in layers of grime.
October 31, 2013
We’re Hopefully Live, Right Now, at Streetsblog TV with the Hyperion Bridge Meeting
Sorry folks, Livestream is a bust. We shall have video tomorow.
October 28, 2013
LeBron and Friends Reclaim Miami’s Streets in New Ad
Looks like the new LeBron James Nike ad that debuted during "Sunday Night Football" last night was at least in part the star's idea.
October 28, 2013
Advocates Push for a More Livable “Death Bridge”: The Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Saga Continues
"Who wants to ride up the death bridge?" asked Matthew Mooney, livable streets advocate and creator of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council's Comprehensive Mobility Project subcommittee, as we left the meeting on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Redesign in Atwater Village last night.
October 23, 2013
The Leimert Station, While Welcome, Brings Uncertainty to The World Stage
I looked at my watch and groaned inwardly.
October 18, 2013
Open Thread: So, How’d I Do?
(Note: First, read this story in the Los Angeles Times interviewing me.)
October 18, 2013