Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Downtown LA

LAT: AEG Lobbying for Exemptions from Environmental Lawsuits

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2011 | 15 Comments

While the rest of the local media was busy going ga-ga over the press conference announcing that, if constructed, the Downtown NFL Stadium would be named after Farmers Bank, Patrick McGreevey and Jessica Harrison at the Los Angeles Times revealed that the developer’s for the Downtown Stadium are lobbying for the same exemption from state […]

Will Figueroa Street Be Los Angeles’ First Truly Complete Street?

By Damien Newton | Jan 25, 2011 | 32 Comments

I have to be honest. If the My Figueroa project ends up fulfilling its mission of designing a people-friendly Figueroa Street from the southwest corner of Exposition Park to Downtown Los Angeles only by adding a couple of trees and repainting the crosswalks, I’ll be extremely disappointed. The project team raised expectations by encouraging participants […]

L.A. Live, Pinnacle of Modern Design, or Bad Urbanism?

By Damien Newton | Dec 1, 2010 | 37 Comments

How do Los Angeles’ residents want their city, and neighborhoods, to develop? Are big projects that raise a lot of money for developers and provide entertainment and dining for thousands of people better than smaller developments that better serve the communities in which they are placed? That debate has been a hot one for decades, […]

Concerns about Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces “Zero Tolerance” on Downtown Jaywalkers

By Damien Newton | Nov 30, 2010 | 24 Comments

The Downtown LAPD is at it again. Downtown has long been known as one of the least pedestrian-friendly precincts. LAPD officers on the downtown beat have routinely ticketed pedestrians for such “infractions” as crossing an intersection against a flashing red hand signal while motorists breeze through red lights mere feet away; now the Division is […]

AEG Wants a Green Stadium for Downtown L.A. – No New Parking Required

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2010 | 103 Comments

The Sporting News provides one of the first real looks at what plans entertainment giant AEG has planned for their proposed NFL Football Stadium that would be located in Downtown Los Angeles. There’s some good news for those concerned that the new Stadium would be accompanied with a gigantic sea of parking, as most NFL […]

Summary of the Major Decisions from Today’s Metro Board Meeting

By Damien Newton and Carter Rubin | Oct 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

Here’s a quick rundown of the major votes by today’s Metro Board. Each of these five motions were discussed at Streetsblog over the last couple of weeks, and links to those stories can be found at the end of each summary. Streetsblog will have links to all news reports on today’s meeting tomorrow. Westside Subway […]

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