Recent Streetsblog LA posts about South LA

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues impact the health and character of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is the Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and is leading our coverage efforts in these communities. This page serves as a place to read Sahra’s and all of Streetsblog’s coverage of issues in South L.A. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

Gehl Architect’s Amazing Bird’s Eye View of Parking on the Figeuroa Corridor

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2011 | 14 Comments

Making Cities for People, the official blog of Copenhagen super-architects Gehl Architects, gives us another look at the Figueroa Corridor as it is and as it could be in South Los Angeles. The above image shows how our city’s lifeblood is literally being drained away by the collective demand for car parking. Even Gehl’s team, […]

Will Figueroa Street Be Los Angeles’ First Truly Complete Street?

By Damien Newton | Jan 25, 2011 | 32 Comments

I have to be honest. If the My Figueroa project ends up fulfilling its mission of designing a people-friendly Figueroa Street from the southwest corner of Exposition Park to Downtown Los Angeles only by adding a couple of trees and repainting the crosswalks, I’ll be extremely disappointed. The project team raised expectations by encouraging participants […]

The Lorenzo Project in South L.A. Is Controversial, But Is it T.O.D.?

By Damien Newton | Jan 20, 2011 | 12 Comments

Last week, at a packed meeting of the City of Los Angeles Planning Commission, the Commission punted on a proposed $250-million residential development known as the Lorenzo. The developer, Geoffery Palmer of Palmer Construction, is known for his other Italian-themed apartment developments Medici, Visconti, Orsini and Piero. He’s also known for successfully challenging a local […]

The Invisible Cyclists: Immigrants and the Bike Community

By Damien Newton | Jan 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

Video by Alex Schmidt via Spot.us Last week, GOOD Magazine examined the role that the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’s City of Lights program has taken in giving voice to the overlooked and under-represented bicyclists in Los Angeles County. A program that started by handing out lights to immigrant cyclists and has become a national […]

Debate Over Fresh and Easy Parking Lot in Crenshaw Heads to Full Council

By Damien Newton | Dec 6, 2010 | 13 Comments

The debate over whether or not to allow a Fresh & Easy to open a new store on Crenshaw Boulevard at the intersection with 52nd Street with a large parking lot facing the street heads to the full City Council this Wednesday morning at 10:00 A.M. The matter was moved to the Full Council by […]

Expo Update: FTA Gives Thumbs Up to Farmdale Station

By Damien Newton | Nov 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

Last week, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Farmdale Station for the Expo Line, clearing the Expo Construction Authority to begin construction of the station. The Notice of Availability for the FONSI can be found at the end of the article, or you can link […]

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