Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Livable Streets

Car Free Earth Day for Wilshire Blvd, Parking Lot Mtg. for Eco-Village

By Damien Newton | Apr 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

As Angelenos enjoy one day of a car free Wilshire Boulevard, the LAUSD will be holding a public meeting on whether or not to build a parking lot in the heart of the West Los Angeles Eco-Village. The School Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 22, Earth Day, at 2 p.m. at 333 […]

Livable Places Closes Its Doors

By Damien Newton | Apr 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

One of the leaders of the battle to reclaim Los Angeles’ streets is closing its doors after seven years at the close of business today. Livable Places, the organization that built the Olive Court complex in Long Beach, created the "Making Connections" Program in Chinatown, and brough smart growth speakers to Los Angeles such as […]

Today the Périphérique. Tomorrow the 405

By Damien Newton | Apr 15, 2008 | 1 Comment

RPA senior planner and Paris native Juliette Michaelson provided Streetsblog with a loose translation of Baupin’s description: It’s the neighborhood association that undertook this effort. They asked us to do it with them, and help them with logistics. They rolled out a large square of green carpet — 25 meters by 25 meters — […]

LA Eastside on Buses as Part of the Community

By Damien Newton | Apr 14, 2008 | No Comments

Browne Molyneux, one of the talented writers at the Bus Bench, has a new article up at LA Eastside, which highlights the role buses can take in the neighborhood as a part of the community. Molyneux, no fan of Metro, compares her experience on the Montebello #40 with those of her experiences on Metro. The […]

A Lesson from Barcelona from 1859

By Damien Newton | Apr 2, 2008 | No Comments

A Map of the Barcelona of the Future from The Project for the Reform and Extension of Barcelona in 1859 In 1859, Ildefons Cerdá released an urban plan for the city of Barcelona called "The Project for the Reform and Extension of Barcelona" which called for expanding the city around what we would today call […]

Making the Connections in Chinatown

By Damien Newton | Mar 28, 2008 | No Comments

Livable Places is hosting a Community Workshop tomorrow, March 29, to give Angelenos living in and around Chinatown an update on the "Making Connections" project. Livable Places describes Making Connections as: …an urban planning and design project that will result in a plan with proposed bicycle and pedestrian connections to the Chinatown and Lincoln/Cypress Gold […]

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