Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parks

Christmas in July: Griffith’s Park Controversy Starts Early

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2008 | 6 Comments

The Entrance to the Festival of Lights, 2007 The Griffith Park’s annual Festival of Lights is supposed to be one of the highlights of the holiday season for thousands of Angelenos. The park is festively lit up by the Department of Public Works in an effort to make the park visible from the moon an […]

Senator Romero Won’t Support Anything Without Guarantees for SGV

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2008 | 15 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero is taking a stand. Romero tells the Times that if she doesn’t get she wants for San Gabriel Valley, at no extra cost to her constituents, she’ll vote to make sure all of LA County is denied the opportunity to to vote to increase everyone’s transit options. The Senator may […]

Theoretical Design for LA’s Central Park to Be Unveiled This Friday

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

The 101, Today By now most of you have read the opinion piece from last Friday’s Times that called for a "Central Park" for Los Angeles. The piece by Vaughan Davies, director of urban planning for EDAW’s LA office, is just the first step in a campaign to show Angelenos what opportunities exist in the […]