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Great Streets, Tactical Urbanism, and the Challenge of Flipping the Traditional Planning Process on its Head

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

When, in mid-May, the Mayor’s Office put out a call for proposals offering up to $20,000 in Great Streets Challenge Grants for applicants seeking to foster community via imaginative uses of public space, I’ll admit my heart sank. Not because I have anything against imaginative uses of public space or money for community improvements. But, with […]

Saturday! Leimert Park Celebrates 2nd Annual 20|20 Vision Charette with People St Plaza Launch

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 26, 2015 | 1 Comment

It is noon on a Monday. The weekly Leimert Park Village (LPV) stakeholders meeting has just finished, and Sherri Franklin, founder of the Urban Design Center, and Romerol Malveaux, former Field Director for the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, are leading a small group of people on a walk around the village streets. Map in hand, […]

Ron Finley’s Da FUNction Kicks Off Effort to Transform South L.A. Food Landscape

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 12, 2015 | No Comments

Support for the transformation of the state of South L.A.’s food landscape seems to be gaining some traction. As we noted two weeks ago, food justice crusaders Community Services Unlimited will be opening an organic produce market, cafe, and community gathering space in the coming months to fill the much-needed gap in healthy options in […]

Rosa Parks Station on Track to Complete Environmental Review Process, Finalize Station Design

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 4, 2015 | 7 Comments

If you’ve ever tried to navigate the Rosa Parks/Willowbrook station, either to transfer between the Blue and Green Lines or to catch one of the nearly dozen buses that connect with the station, you know it isn’t the most user-friendly place. Not only do the narrow stairs connecting the two platforms (used by 78% of […]

Metro Diary: When Contractors Don’t Get the “Off-Limits” Memo on Harassment

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 2, 2015 | 6 Comments

“Are you riding the train…?” came the voice over my shoulder. It is perhaps one of the more terrible pick-up lines I have heard in a good while. Especially because I was standing on the Blue Line platform at Grand — a minimally furnished and poorly shaded station in the middle of a hectic stretch […]

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Eyes on the Street: Law Enforcement Takes the Lane

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 29, 2015 | 19 Comments

Usually when I’m writing about the questionable behavior of law enforcement, I’m looking at how racial profiling and the harassment of people of color can negatively impact those folks’ mobility. But sometimes the hampering of mobility comes in more physical forms. Yesterday, it materialized in the form of a fleet of vehicles parked in the […]

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