Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

Cyclists ride unprotected along the reconstructed bridge. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog LA

Final Sixth Street Viaduct Model Showcased at Public Briefing; Expected Completion Date, Early 2019

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 23 Comments
“How was the meeting?” Juan asked as I came out of the multipurpose room at the Puente Learning Center. He was just leaving his evening English class and had missed the public briefing on the design of the Sixth Street Viaduct replacement given by Councilmember José Huizar, Architect and Principal Designer Michael Maltzan, design-build firm HNTB, […]

The Ultimate First Street Guide to CicLAvia: Where to Eat and Who to Meet

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 7 Comments
CicLAvia! Bicycles! Hipster Invaders! Gentrification! Made you look! Probably provoked some strong emotions, too, given the way recent headlines (see here, here, here) in asking whether activities assumed to be the purview of “hipsters” could be compatible with lower-income communities, have inadvertently re-ified the “us vs. them” framing that guides too much of the conversation […]
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