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.

Bike Ride to and Bike Valet at Eastside Streetsblog Event

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 18, 2012 | No Comments

View Eastside Tour ride to Eastside Luv in a larger map With the first event for Los Angeles Streetsblog’s Eastside Tour only a week away, arriving to the event should be as fun as catching the show. Two bicycle rides heading out from two different locations, one from MacArthur Park and the other from Montebello, […]

Tanabata Festival: Japanese Culture Comes to Boyle Heights

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 17, 2012 | No Comments

This past Friday, the Boyle Heights Farmers market hosted the Tanabata Festival, or Star Festival, at Mariachi Plaza. The event was organized through a partnership with the Boyle Heights Historical society and the Little Tokyo Historical Society. The event brought together people to learn about Japanese culture through activities like japanese writing, music, and hanging […]

CicLAvia’s Boyle Heights extension: Hollenbeck Hub Cut, Soto Street Station New End Point, Flyer Issues

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 13, 2012 | 8 Comments

In the upcoming CicLAvia on October 7, the Boyle Heights route finally moved up to Mariachi Plaza, and goes down 1st Street to Soto Street. This is the first change to the Boyle Heights route since the car-free event started in 2010. The current route goes into unfamiliar territory for CicLAvia, crossing Mariachi Plaza, the […]

Changes at CicLAvia: New Route, New Dates

By Damien Newton | Jul 7, 2012 | 16 Comments

Change is in the air for CicLAvia, the gigantic car-free party that has changed the way Angelenos think about their streets. First, the date for this October’s CicLAvia V has been moved forward from the original date of October 14 to October 7. With the city planning to bring a space ship through the streets […]

Los Angeles Streetsblog Eastside Tour: First Stop, El-Haru Kuroi at Eastside Luv Wine Bar

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

It’s July, hot, and the perfect weather for a bike/train/bus ride or walk to Los Angeles Streetsblog’s Eastside Tour. It’s a series of events Streetsblog is putting together this summer, and early fall, and all taking place east of the L.A. river. The first event in the series is a concert by East LA everything band […]

Creation of Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Transportation Committee Postponed…Again Again

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

A motion to establish an Environment and Transportation Committee for the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council has been postponed again. Since it was introduced in March, the motion has been tabled twice before. In April, action on the motion was omitted from the meeting minutes, and in May it was tabled again. Last week, the board […]

Show More Stories