Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

Adequate Wages Needed to Create Truly Sustainable Communities

By Miguel Luna | Mar 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

(Miguel A. Luna is a native of Colombia, an avid reader, and longtime advocate of community playing an active role in city, state and nationwide policies. An urban resident of Los Angeles for over 25 years, he commutes mostly on bike and public transportation after giving up his car in 2005.) I find myself mulling […]

Opinion – Don’t Shoot the Messenger: How “NIMBYs” Are Not to Blame for the Target Fiasco at Sunset and Western

By David Bell | Mar 6, 2015 | 69 Comments

Editor’s note: Last week, Streetsblog Los Angeles ran an opinion piece from one of our occasional contributors, Alexander Friedman. The piece told Friedman’s side of the story regarding a controversial and currently half-built Target store at the corner of Western Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. Friedman’s piece generated a lot of comments, some insightful, some sympathetic, […]

ULI FutureBuild2015 Recap: Peeks at Future Transportation and Parking

By Joe Linton | Jan 28, 2015 | 8 Comments

Streetsblog L.A. was a media sponsor of yesterday’s Future Build Los Angeles 2015 conference which showcased “trends, people and forces remaking the built environment.” The event was hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) L.A. in partnership with VerdeXchange. Many individual speakers and panelists touched on topics pertinent to Streetsblog. City of Los Angeles Deputy […]

New Urbanism Film Fest Preview: American Makeover

By Joe Linton | Nov 5, 2014 | 1 Comment

L.A.’s New Urbanism Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with an opening reception starting at 7 pm at the ACME Theater in Hollywood. From Thursday through Sunday, #NUFF2014 attendees will enjoy feature-length films and shorts on architecture, urban farming, bicycling, street art, and more. The list of programs are at the NUFF website; select “buy tickets” […]

Interview with Josh Paget, Director of the New Urbanism Film Festival

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2014 | 4 Comments

On Park(ing) Day, I pedaled out to a park(ing) space on La Brea where I met Josh Paget. He is one of the co-founders of and the current Festival Director for the New Urbanism Film Festival. The festival, now in its second year, is coming up November 6-9 at the Acme Theater in Hollywood. Festival […]

Weekend Update: Lawsuit and Rally to Save Riverside-Figueroa Landbridge

By Joe Linton | Jun 1, 2014 | 10 Comments

Last Wednesday, proponents of preserving the historic Riverside-Figueroa Bridge lost an appeal before the L.A. City Public Works Commission. EnrichLA, RAC Design Build, and others, have pressed for converting the bridge into a “Landbridge” – an elevated park, similar to New York City’s Highline, accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. Last Thursday, the new parallel bridge […]

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