Damien Newton
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South L.A. Kids Bike Festival
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Join us for a Free Kids Skills and Safety Festival! Learn how to ride your bike safely, start and stop properly, avoid hazards, yielding, ride an obstacle course and more! We’ll even have a limited supply of bikes and helmets for those without.Fun for all ages. Skills stations. On-street group rides. Certificates and goody bags. […]
Breaking News: Garcetti Seeks to Extend Hyperion Timeline
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A spokes person for the Garcetti Administration confirms that the Mayor has asked the Bureau of Engineering to formally request an extension on when it has to spend the $50 million that will fund the Hyperion-Glendale Bridge seismic retrofit. A copy of the city’s letter can be found at the end of the article. Advocates […]
Signing Off Early, See you at ARTCRANK or on Tuesday
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With a holiday weekend upon us, and ARTCRANK tomorrow, we’re going to sign off until Tuesday morning. We’d certainly love to see you tomorrow from 4-10 at Space 15 Twenty at 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd. ARTCRANK will feature 30 top local designers hand-printing bike-inspired posters for display and sale throughout the evening. Widmer beer is sponsoring the event, […]
Food Vendors Rally for New Law That Would Provide Path to Legal Vending
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There’s always been a certain irony that Los Angeles is the only one of America’s ten largest cities to have a blanket ban on street vending. Los Angeles is famous for its street vending culture, especially for the high quality food options available on many street corners, but every time a vendor takes to the […]
Don’t Forget…Two Days until ARTCRANK
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This Saturday’s ARTCRANK will feature 30 top local designers hand-printing bike-inspired posters for display and sale throughout the evening at Space 15 Twenty from 4:00-10:00pm on Saturday, November 9. Copies of each poster will be available for $40 each, and admission is free. Widmer beer is sponsoring the event, and will be donating all proceeds from souvenir cup, beer […]
A Response to Today’s Blame the Victim Op/Ed in the Los Angeles Times
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(Note: Read this first. – DN) Dear Sandy, I’m sorry I didn’t respond to your earlier article about the dangers many people take when they decide to go for a walk to get where they need to go. I take at least two walks a day with my one-year old daughter, and another bike ride […]
Streetsblog Needs your Help at ARTCRANK This Saturday
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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 […]
Last Chance to Give Input on Jefferson Boulevard Streetscape
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Here is an action alert update from a fellow NBA – Francois Bar. If you care about the upcoming transformation of Jefferson Boulevard along the USC campus, you should participate in an important public hearing tomorrow! Tuesday, November 5th at 6 pm Galen Center – 3400 South Figueroa, 90089 This will be your last chance to provide input on plans […]
O’Farrell Backs More Study of Potential Designs for Hyperion Bridge, Promises Citizen’s Advisory Committee
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Mitch O'Farrell Letter, Hyperion Bridge Count City Council Member Mitch O’Farrell, who represents the Silver Lake Community on one side the the Hyperion Bridge, as one of the elected officials concerned with the current design proposed by the City’s Bureau of Engineering (BoE) and the State Department of Transportation (Caltrans). As Streetsblog has covered extensively, […]
Eyes on the Street: The DTLA 7th Street Bike Lanes Look Pretty Good
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The new bike lanes, continental crosswalks and road diet for 7th Street through Downtown Los Angeles are getting close to completion. The lanes connect to the previously painted 7th Street lanes that connect mid-town to Downtown and the Main Street buffered bike lane that runs north to City Hall. As of this writing, the lanes […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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It’s something of a light week from a “there’s a really important meeting we have to go to change the world” point of view, but there are some fun things to do this weekend…after you write and submit your comments on the Hyperion Bridge redesign. Tuesday – CD13 (O’Farrell) host s a community meeting on […]
New Urbanism Film Festival
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A festival of films showcasing how people around the world are working to make their city a better place. Nov 7-10 at ACME Theater (Full Schedule Below) Produced by Josh Paget and Joel Karahadian Festival Partners: Balcony Press, FORM Magazine, Placemakers, First+Main Media, California Congress for the New Urbanism, National Congress for the New Urbanism, […]