Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Open Space

City Nears Purchase of Key Parcel for L.A. River Revitalization

By Joe Linton | Aug 25, 2014 | 25 Comments

A big property acquisition is underway that will set the stage for planned large-scale revitalization of the Los Angeles River. The City of Los Angeles is expecting to complete the purchase of a former railyard site that Mayor Eric Garcetti and others describe as the “crown jewel” of any large-scale restoration of the river. While there’s a long lineage […]

Dead Spaces Make for Dead (and Unwalkable) Places

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 25, 2014 | 13 Comments

I’m feeling sorta trashy. Not in that way. I’ve just had trash on the brain lately. Even as L.A. is celebrated for moving toward being more walkable and livable, trash seems to be the one constant, particularly in lower-income areas. One of the reasons is that there is a lot of dead space in places […]

The 2014 Los Angeles River Kayak Season Is Open!

By Joe Linton | Jun 10, 2014 | 10 Comments

I got a chance to do a preview kayak tour of the Los Angeles River yesterday. The tour was part of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps Paddle the L.A. River program. It took place in the most natural stretch of the 51-mile-long L.A. River: the Sepulveda Basin. The river runs through the middle of the 2000-acre Sepulveda […]

Weekend Update: Lawsuit and Rally to Save Riverside-Figueroa Landbridge

By Joe Linton | Jun 1, 2014 | 10 Comments

Last Wednesday, proponents of preserving the historic Riverside-Figueroa Bridge lost an appeal before the L.A. City Public Works Commission. EnrichLA, RAC Design Build, and others, have pressed for converting the bridge into a “Landbridge” – an elevated park, similar to New York City’s Highline, accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. Last Thursday, the new parallel bridge […]

Eyes on the Street: New Security Fence at Ed Reyes River Park, Opening Soon?

By Joe Linton | Apr 24, 2014 | 5 Comments

There’s a brand new security fence at Ed P. Reyes River Park, located just east of the Metro Gold Line in Lincoln Heights. This L.A. City Bureau of Sanitation mini-park features a day-lighted creek bed that cleanses urban runoff water. The park also features native plantings, walkways, benches, and educational signage. Although the park is […]

Pop-Up Plaza Enhances Art Walk, Hints at What Could Be in Leimert

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 1, 2014 | No Comments

As we watched the group led by female elders drumming their way toward us, Rashida, a vendor of wonderful-smelling body scrubs, leaned over and said, “You can’t get this anywhere else in L.A.!” She’s so right. For the last four years, the monthly art walk in Leimert Park has brought together community, culture, art, and […]

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