Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Hollywood

Controversy Over Hollywood Farmer’s Market Raises Question: Who Owns the Street?

By Mark Vallianatos | Jan 13, 2011 | 5 Comments

The uncertain future of the Hollywood Farmers Market has inspired much energy and advocacy that food and street advocates in Los Angeles can be proud of. Market operator See-LA rallied allies and supporters. Farmers’ market patrons flooded City Councilperson Eric Garcetti with messages of support for the market. Garcetti in turn helped extend the permit […]

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 […]

TOD Turnaround: Bike Wood Coming to Hollywood and TOD Standards Coming to Everywhere

By Damien Newton | Oct 25, 2010 | 9 Comments

A 3D Rendering of a Future Bike Room in the Hollywood and Vine Development When Legacy Partners’ Metro-Certified “Transit-Oriented Development” opened on Hollywood and Vine earlier this year, advocates weren’t able to contain their disappointment with several aspects of the project. Among the complaints was that the development was too focused on providing space for […]

Weekend Homework: Plan the L.A. Transit Movie

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2010 | 15 Comments

No. At the Huffington Post, Joel Epstein, who has done a heck of a job pushing 30/10, wrote a piece pondering the absolute lack of Hollywood star power in promoting transit as opposed to promoting things like electric-powered cars. Of course, that Hollywood movies present heroes driving muscle cars, saving the universe with cars that […]

Metro’s Hollywood & Vine TOD: a Fortress Surrounded By a Moat of Traffic and Malfunctioning Traffic Signals

By Stephen Box | Jun 23, 2010 | 13 Comments

On Monday, at Vine and Selma, a woman attempting to cross Vine on foot was killed after being hit by a delivery truck. The streets were immediately filled with LAPD vehicles and an investigation ensued. Although it was evident that statements were taken and that measurements and photos were taken, missing from the investigation was […]

Tragic Turn at the Hollywood and Vine T.O.D.

By Stephen Box | Jun 22, 2010 | 35 Comments

Photo: Stephen Box If Hollywood were to make a movie entitled "Hollywood & Vine – Transit Oriented Development" they’d have to hire professionals to manage the streets, control the traffic, move the trucks and make sure the entire environment was safe. There would be a 1st Assistant Director on set, legally responsible for the safety […]

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