Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

Councilman Moves to Stop Sale of Hollywood Hills Lot

By Damien Newton | Feb 19, 2008 | No Comments

A battle is brewing between Councilman Tom LaBonge and the real estate company who owns land to the west of the famed "HOLLYWOOD" sign. Last week, Teles Properties of Chicago issued a press release announcing the sale. The agency, claiming an easement was obtained by former property owner Howard Hughes and that the city reneged […]

"Making Connections" Website Looks at Transportation for Two Communities

By Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2008 | No Comments

The programs offered by Livable Spaces aren’t limited to their speaker’s series, the group also does community and transportation planning for communities around the city. Currently, the group is chronicling their efforts in creating the needed bicycle and pedestrian connections for two neighborhoods surrounding the Chinatown and Lincoln/Cypress Metro Gold Line Stations. Much more information […]

Citing Traffic, Councilmember Slams Project in Santa Clarita

By Damien Newton | Feb 13, 2008 | No Comments

Councilmember Richard Alarcon is taking aim at a major planned development that he says will add "long commutes over already jammed freeways into the San Fernando Valley creating further gridlock and adding pollution to our air." The environmental documents for the project state that it will create 357,000 average daily trips, but there is no […]

Price Speaks on the Failure of LA’s Boulevards

By Damien Newton | Feb 12, 2008 | 6 Comments

Gordon Price began his lecture at City Hall yesterday by noting that big changes are coming as a result of global warming and a decline in the amount of oil the world can produce and warned that Los Angeles will be one of the cities that will see the most change. But it didn’t have […]

Reminder: It’s Gordon Price Day!

By Damien Newton | Feb 11, 2008 | No Comments

For those that can’t make one of today’s talks… Just a friendly reminder that Liveable Places is presenting three different presentations by Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Councillor, tell the story of how Vancouver became a greener city. Price’s speech kicks off the "Envisioning Green LA" series for 2008 which will also include Manuel Pastor, […]

Envisioning Green LA Kicks off with Gordon Price

By Damien Newton | Feb 1, 2008 | No Comments

Vancouver’s Skyline The Envisioning Green Los Angeles Speakers Series kicks off with lectures and a bike tour from Gordon Price, a former Vancouver City Councillor. Price will show us how Vancouver recreated itself as an urban model for Eco Density. Price’s lectures have been described to me (not by someone associated with these events) as […]

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