Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

Developers and Proponents of New Wyvernwood Face Off at Special Forum Held by Council Member Huizar

By Erick Huerta | | 3 Comments
City Council Member Jose Huizar, who represents Boyle Heights, East L.A. and parts of the Downtown, held a community meeting with the current residents of Wyvernwood Apartments to hear their concerns regarding the proposed redevelopment project to replace the current apartment with a higher-cost mixed-use housing development. In 2011, Huizar expressed concern with the project, […]

Metro Unveils Station Design for Regional Connector

By Damien Newton | | 25 Comments
(Public meetings for the connector continue today at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St.; 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 28, at the Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave.; and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 29, at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St. Project information is at metro.net/projects/connector.) At last night’s outreach meeting for […]

For Universal City, It’s a Bridge Not Far Enough

By Damien Newton | | 28 Comments
As the local media focuses on this morning’s hearing on the NBC Universal Evolution project, there’s another project that impacts the area. The proposed pedestrian bridge crossing Lankershim Boulevard and Campo de Cahuenga as part of an eighteen year old Memorandum of Understanding will cost $19 million, but questions remain on whether the bridge is […]
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