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.

Highland Park Parklet Not in Front of Restaurant? Attempts to Create Public Space For All

By Kristopher Fortin | Feb 4, 2013 | 1 Comment

The first of Los Angeles’s four parklets opened up Saturday on York Boulevard in Highland Park. While its the second of its kind in Greater Los Angeles, it may be one of the few parklets across the nation that isn’t tied to any one business as it sits adjacent to a crosswalk, and is in […]

Business Corridor Study Finds Law Enforcement Out of Touch With Boyle Heights Businesses

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 31, 2013 | 6 Comments

Inactive city services in Boyle Heights was a general theme in a recent Boyle Heights business assessment study. Business owners described roads and sidewalks having been in disarray, and trash is regularly dumped on the street. But the researches most surprising find was the disconnect between the Los Angeles Police Department and Boyle Heights businesses. “While […]

The Ovarian-Psycos Documentary Kicks Off its Kickstarter

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 25, 2013 | No Comments

The Ovarian-Psycos bicycle brigade knows how to start off their year right. After skyrocketing last year into the minds of cyclists and women as one of the premiere female-only bicycle groups in Los Angeles, and even now in the nation, The Ovarian Psycos – A Documentary Film has launched its Kickstarter campaign yesterday. Filmmakers Kate Trumbull, Joanna Sokolowski […]

Boyle Heights Residents Get Gift of Bike Lights

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 18, 2013 | 1 Comment

[smooth=id:12;] Volunteers and organizers of Operation Firefly, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition bike light distribution program, made their sixth stop last night. This time they visited Boyle Heights, specifically the corner of Soto and First Streets, waving down passing cyclists without lights. Volunteers gave out 40 sets of lights in little more than an hour, […]

Sides Agree Wyvernwood Living Conditions Intolerable, Divided on “Right” Solution

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 14, 2013 | 4 Comments

Maria Mendez, a Wyvernwood resident, has asked for improvements at the Wyvernwood Apartments, saying she takes the bus to wash her clothes instead of using the washrooms at the complex. “I’ve asked for things to be renovated, I have not received a response,” said Mendez in Spanish through a translator. Fed up with the conditions, […]

East Bike Ambassador Program Bridges City Decision Makers To Regional Voice

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 4, 2013 | No Comments

L.A. City had funds to install two bicycle friendly streets, and the recently formed LACBC East Bike Ambassadors (EBA) were mulling over where to put them. Looking at the poster-sized L.A. Bicycle Master Plan map, the eight participants were torn on whether Evergreen Avenue in Boyle Heights, a street near the L.A. River Bike Path, […]

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