Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Hollywood

De-Uglifying Hollywood: How to Make Our City Pedestrian-Friendly

By Alexander Friedman | Nov 15, 2012 | 53 Comments

Tourists arriving in Hollywood from all over the world are fascinated, at first. The Walk of Fame, historic Hollywood and Vine, glamorous Hollywood & Highland shopping center and Grauman’s theater – all of these attractions make an impression… …Unless you deviate a block or two. Once you accidentally leave the tourist area, real Los Angeles […]

LADOT Brings Bike Friendly Design to Yucca Street

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2012 | No Comments

“Bicycle Friendly Street.” The term first appeared in the City of Los Angeles’ Draft Bike Plan in 2009. Despite its nice sounding name, advocates groaned. Instead of the universally approved “Bicycle Boulevard,” LADOT, City Planning and their consultants had coined their own phrase. At the time, it was widely assumed that whenever the City tried […]

Aileen Getty Foundation Donates $1.2 Million to Hollywood Central Park

By Damien Newton | Aug 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

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, accepted a $1.2 million gift today from the Aileen Getty Foundation. The donation, combined $825,000 from the city fully funds the park’s environmental study, […]

Five Mega-Projects that Will Transform La Brea

By Alexander Friedman | Jun 19, 2012 | 43 Comments

Hollywood is changing. People traveling along La Brea Avenue have probably noticed there’s a lot of construction happening. Considering that the area has been stagnant for a while, new construction is immediately noticed by anyone familiar with the corridor. And it’s no wonder; many abandoned buildings, parking lots, and blighted areas have been neglected for […]

Advocates, Rep. Schiff Meet with Secretary LaHood on Hollywood Cap Park

By Damien Newton | Mar 22, 2012 | 8 Comments

Advocates for more open space for the park-starved community of Hollywood had a moment to shine yesterday. Congressman Adam Schiff, members of the Hollywood Central Park Committee and other neighborhood advocates had a meeting with USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood to discuss their proposal to place a 44-acre street level park “on top” of the 101 Hollywood […]

Open Space Starved Hollywood Breaks Ground on “Cahuenga Alley”

By Damien Newton | May 3, 2011 | 9 Comments

Its no secret that outside of Griffith Park, Los Angeles is a city starving for open space. There is nowhere this is more true than Hollywood, where even a weekly farmer’s market is under attack because it blocks access to a parking lot. Thus, while Hollywood waits for projects such as the Hollywood Freeway Central […]

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