Recent Streetsblog LA posts about L (Gold) Line

Don’t Believe the Flyers, April CicLAvia Doesn’t Extend to Mariachi Plaza

By Kristopher Fortin | Apr 4, 2012 | 2 Comments

So, the Eastside CicLAvia re-route is finally happening this April . . . or so it would seem on some of its flyers. The route shown on CicLAvia’s printed flyers being distributed in the Eastside marks a route going north on Boyle Avenue toward Mariachi Plaza, a small spur off the 10.5 mile route from […]

Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop Moves to Mariachi Plaza

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

After two years at the corner of 1st Street and Cummings Street, Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop opened Wednesday at its new location on Mariachi Plaza, right on top of the Metro Gold Line Station. The addition of Libros Schmibros with the already existing businesses at Mariachi Plaza has made that area one of […]

Transforming Transit-Oriented Spaces into Theatrical Happenings: A conversation with the Artistic Director of the Watts Village Theater Company

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 20, 2012 | No Comments

YOU CAN SEE GOATS from the Blue Line, Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez, Artistic Director of the Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC), told me excitedly. He knows this because “goats” were one of the items that participants had to spot for Metro Bingo, a game played as part of the immersive theater experience that is Meet Me @ […]

A Long History of Creating a Sense of Place at LA’s Latino Triangle Parks: Mariachi Plaza

By James Rojas | Mar 9, 2012 | No Comments

Twenty years ago when I started documenting Latino’s use of public space, the triangle site of today’s Mariachi Plaza was a donut shop. Mariachis would hang out at the donut shop waiting for work. People would park their cars and negotiate with Mariachis to play for their events, while fruit carts would sell to the […]

Tonight: Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Council Meeting to Address Eastsiders Concerns

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 17, 2011 | 2 Comments

Recall the language in the 1st amendment to the U.S. Constitution about “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?” Keep it in mind as you read this overview of the recent interaction of Metro, a group of disgruntled riders, and a local politico. If […]

Scoping Meetings for NEXT Gold Line Foothill Extension Begin Tonight

By Damien Newton | Jan 11, 2011 | 14 Comments

While most local transit watchers are focusing on the upcoming Westside Subway Scoping meetings, particularly the one on January 31 in Beverly Hills, another set of transit expansion meetings will begin tomorrow night for the second Foothill Extension for the Gold Line. This month’s transit expansion meetings will kick off not on the Westside but […]