Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

Activists Slam NBC Universal Project in Times Op/Ed

By Damien Newton | Oct 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

The three co-chairs of the community based MTA/Universal Project Community Working Group penned an opinion piece skewering the planned NBC Universal development on an MTA Parking Lot near Universal Studios. The authors tick off a laundry list of reasons to oppose the project, but there’s one that should catch the eye of Streetsblog readers: Thomas […]

Planetizen Takes a Look at Latino Urbanism

By Damien Newton | Oct 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

Josh Stephens has written an interesting and intelligent article over at Planetizen entitled, "Out Of The Enclave: Latinos Adapt, And Adapt To, The American City."Intentionally or not, the article shows that Latino communities existing inside urban areas are way ahead of the rest of the curve when it comes to creating public spaces in the […]

Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Sprawl Law, Vetos Container Fees

By Damien Newton | Oct 1, 2008 | No Comments

Yesterday was a big day in Sacramento as many important pieces of legislation required action by Governor Schwarzenegger or would expire even though they were passed by both branches of the state legislature. The result? The Governor signed legislation that links sprawl to climate change but also vetoed legislation that would have placed a fee […]

Smart Growth Bill Needs Gov.’s Signature Today

By Damien Newton | Sep 30, 2008 | No Comments

Eastern Dublin, Where Growth Has Taken Place Rapidly Over Recent Years. The Sacramento Bee reports that Sacramento State Senator Darell Steinberg’s efforts to promote cleaner air through better planning are running out of time. Steinberg’s ground breaking legislation, S.B. 375, directs the state Air Resources Board to set greenhouse gas reduction targets for each of […]

This Friday is Park(ing) Day

By Damien Newton | Sep 16, 2008 | No Comments

Photo from Last Year’s Parking Day by Matthew Loranger via the Trust for Public Land Back in 2002, Park(ing) Day was founded in San Francisco by a group called Rebar. Just as Critical Mass worked its way down the coast, Park(ing) Day has come to Los Angeles as well. Basically, on Park(ing) Day, activists, architechts […]

Urbanism: Not Just for Lefties

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2008 | No Comments

The American Prospect reports on a bi-partisan panel at the University of Minnesota last week where some dyed-in-the-wool Republicans declared their affinity for urbanism and opposition to sprawl: Policies in favor of dense development shouldn’t be viewed on a left-right spectrum and certainly needn’t be filtered through culture-war rhetoric, the panelists said. In fact, one […]

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