Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parklets

Damaged DTLA Parklet to Be Repaired, Four New L.A. Parklets in 2015

By Joe Linton | Jan 21, 2015 | 8 Comments

In July 2014, according to coverage at LAist and CBS, a drunk man made off with his friend’s car and, after clipping a couple of parked cars, smashed into a parklet. That parklet is located in front of Downtown Los Angeles’ L.A. Cafe, on Spring Street between 6th Street and 7th Street. Sadly, since the […]

Former Huntington Park Parking Now a Popular Parklet, More on the Way

By Aviv Kleinman | Jun 13, 2014 | 1 Comment

A new phenomenon hit the streets of Huntington Park this year. It’s a space where people can catch up on their reading and feed their coffee cravings, a space where family and friends can gather together, and a space where business deals can take place right next to kids playing dominos. It’s called a parklet. […]

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 […]

People St Launches: Plazas, Parklets and Bike Corrals on the Way

By Damien Newton | Jan 21, 2014 | 12 Comments

LADOT People St Flyer After months of promise, the LADOT formally launched the “People St” website moments ago. All of the documents a community group needs to apply to create a plaza, parklet or bicycle corral in their own community are available online. An introductory project application period will open on March 3 through April […]

A Look at Parklets from the L.A. Forum: L.A. Interrupted

By Martina Dolejsova | Dec 19, 2013 | 1 Comment

(The following article appeared in the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Fall 2013 Newsletter, available here. For information on how to join the forum, click here. In addition to other benefits, members receive a paper copy of the newsletter in the mail. – DN) Last February, urban designers, architects, landscape architects, politicians, and […]

We Can Tell You How to Get, How to Get to People St

By Damien Newton | Dec 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

“Thank you for liberating our streets,” City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin greeted LADOT staff last week. While LADOT staff may not be used to a hero’s welcome, Assistant General Manager Dan Mitchell and Assistant Pedestrian Coordinator Valerie Watson weren’t there to present a typical transportation project, or even to talk about why some […]

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