Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Open Space

If Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Surely it Should Also be a Component of “Complete”-ness, No?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 10, 2014 | 4 Comments

As folks were preparing to cut the cake in honor of the Complete Streets Day motion put forth by Councilmember Jose Huizar at City Hall last week, I was getting geared up to volunteer at a high school located in his district, around which many of the streets are decidedly incomplete. I had run into […]

Feasibility Study on Slauson Corridor Rail-to-River Project Takes Another Step Forward

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 5, 2014 | 6 Comments

How are you going to get community input? It was a question asked by one of the few community members who had shown up to Metro’s Rail to River meeting last week on the potential conversion of 8.3 miles of the rail right-of-way along Slauson Ave. into an active transportation corridor. He and a friend […]

Streets and Creeks, Part 1: Why Fish Need Bicycles

By Joe Linton | Feb 28, 2014 | 3 Comments

Given all the coverage and advisories about Los Angeles receiving heavy rains today, Streetsblog is kicking off an occasional series that makes the connections between rain, streets, creeks and people. There’s an oft-repeated phrase that emerged during the 1970s Feminist Movements that states “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” It’s […]

Garbage Removal Makes Space for New Trash to Accumulate

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 27, 2014 | 6 Comments

I lost the last of three Turkish wool hats on Sunday. Silly as it may sound, it genuinely bummed me out. I had brought them back from Istanbul over a decade ago and they were wonderful reminders of where I had been, offered a link (of sorts) to my heritage, and, most importantly, were very […]

Boyle Heights Forum Tonight: Neighborhood Land Trust Seeks to Help Communities Take Charge of Blight

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 26, 2014 | No Comments

Vacant lots constitute a huge thorn in the side of communities around Los Angeles. It isn’t just because they are ugly or represent missed opportunities. As I noted in yesterday’s piece, Blight Begets Blight, by embodying what appears to be the city’s disinterest in the upkeep of a neighborhood, vacant lots become magnets for trash […]

Blight Begets Blight: Vacant Lots are Popular Dumping Grounds in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

I was on my way home after taking photos of the pretty new parklet that had popped up along Vermont Ave. a month ago, when I stopped by this beauty of a vacant lot (above) at 41st and Main. Unusually, the gate to the lot was open and the remnants of a red sofa had […]

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