Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CicLAvia

A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see […]

Streetfilms: ¡Viva CicLAvia!

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Vea el Streetfilm sin subtítulos, aqui. After sponsoring two Streetfilms of the first two CicLAvias, Los Angeles’ version of the open streets festival based on Bogota’s Ciclovia, Los Angeles Streetsblog faced a dilemma: How can we continue to cover the event that draws over a hundred thousand Angelenos to the streets? The Answer? Make a Streetfilm […]

Mayor’s New CicLAvia Video Pushes Business Benefits of L.A.

By Damien Newton | Jan 26, 2012 | No Comments

One of the debates about open streets events, such as the wildly popular CicLAvia in Los Angeles, is whether or not the event is “good for business.” While it’s a mistake to rate events that have such a tremendous benefit to the city based on the one-day impact of businesses, a new video from the […]

Adams Does It Again with Third Mini-Documentary on CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Oct 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

Rob Adams is probably as close to an “official videographer” for CicLAvia as one can get. He shot our two Streetfilms on the big event (watch “Let’s Go” –10.10.10” and “CicLAvia Is…” 4.10.11“) and this time since L.A. Streetsblog/Streetfilms is going in a different direction, the CicLAvia team asked him to shoot a film directly for […]

CicLAvia: Where’s Next?

By Damien Newton | Oct 11, 2011 | 23 Comments

It seems as though each CicLAvia is attracting more and more people to the carfree festival that connects ten neighborhoods bordering and including Downtown. After past CicLAvia’s, we’ve asked where’s next? But as CicLAvia has become such a powerful symbol of what Los Angeles can be, the chorus calling for a local CicLAvia is growing. […]

Your Post CicLAvia Twitter Coverage of 10/9/2011

By Damien Newton | Oct 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Just a quick thought before I turn it over. It amazes me that CicLAvia is so big that I miss seeing so many of my friends and Streetsblog personalities that I know were out there. Hope everyone had a safe day on the streets! [View the story “Your Post CicLAvia Coverage” on Storify]

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