Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Open Space

New Routing Near Silver Lake Reservoir Could Close off Part of Park for Bikes

By Damien Newton | Nov 1, 2011 | 9 Comments

Visitors to Griffith Park over the last year have noted that there is some major construction going on near the Silver Lake Resevoir. In order to protect Angelenos from any future plans to poison the water, the federal government is ordering that all open air resevoirs be taken offline and replaced with below ground ones. […]

Second Steps: The Riverdale-Maple Greenway Will Connect Parks In Glendale

By Damien Newton | Sep 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

As part of every Policies for Livable Active Communities and the Environment (PLACE) Grants awarded by L.A. County Department of Public Health in 2008, each community had to complete a sample project that demonstrated the types of street improvements that could spread throughout their city as a result of improved planning. The City of Culver […]

NYC’s Plaza Program, An Open Space Model for L.A.?

By Janette Sadik-Khan | Jun 7, 2011 | 6 Comments

(We’re kicking off a new series where transportation professionals write about some of the best practices in their city and how they could work in L.A. Who better to start with than our favorite Occidental College Board Member? The NYC Plaza Program is a popular topic on our sister-site in New York. – DN) New […]

The Bundy Drive Triangle Park, Open Space Behind Bars

By Damien Newton and Carter Rubin | May 9, 2011 | 10 Comments

(Last week week, Carter Rubin filmed a couple of videos with Joel Epstein at the corner of Santa Monica and Bundy, in the area that would be the “Bundy Triangle Park” as proposed by Epstein. Watch all four of his short interview videos at the Streetsblog YouTube page. – DN) Nestled in the northeast corner […]

Up Next for Expo: Should Westwood Station Have Car Parking

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2011 | 93 Comments

Now that the Expo Construction Authority has the legal green light to begin construction of Phase II of the Expo Line, it can move on to other issues. Responding to a motion at the February 5, 2010 meeting of the Expo Construction Authority by Zev Yaroslavsky, Expo staff have put together a presentation listing the […]

CRA Unveils Draft Plans for South Figueroa, Public Mostly Positive

By Damien Newton | Feb 9, 2011 | 15 Comments

A standing room only audience descended on the Fashion Institute of Design on South Grand Street to listen to a presentation from the embattled Community Redevelopment Agency for a ground breaking and popular proposal to transform the South Figueroa Corridor. When people discuss Los Angeles’ streets, they usually use terms such as “car-oriented” or “ugly.” […]

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