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Ed P. Reyes River Greenway On the Verge of Opening for Business

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 15, 2013 | 7 Comments

On my way home from Boyle Heights, I often pass through the section of Lincoln Heights that is squeezed between the river and the 5 Fwy. Which means that I’ve been able to watch the Ed P. Reyes River Greenway (formerly known as the Humboldt Greenway) take shape over the past several months. Located between […]

Improvements Along First Street in Boyle Heights Begin to Take Shape

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 12, 2013 | 9 Comments

Don’t you want to take a picture of me and put it on the Internet? a man wearing two casts on his arms and a “Fall Risk” wrist band asked in Spanish. What happened to your arms? I asked. I was attacked by witches. Of course you were. One must be careful out here. So, […]

Thanks to Space 15 Twenty, Widmer Brothers Brewing and ARTCRANK for an Amazing Saturday Night

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2013 | No Comments

Even from the bike valet parked a good twenty yards from the entrance I could tell that the party was hopping. For whatever reason, ARTCRANK LAX 2013 was a much larger event than the previous incarnation, even with so many out of town for the Bike Summit in Oakland. And for that, we thank you. […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2013 | No Comments

Shoddy Estimates by Bureau of Engineering May Doom Figueroa Landbridge (Arch Paper) L.A.’s “Bicycle Gangs” Gaining Worldwide Notoriety for Changing City (UK Independent) Another Report from the Bike Summit in Oakland (LAT) “Preponderance of Traffic Doesn’t Have to Define Us” (LAist) Obama Plugs America Fast Forward, Fix-It-First Funding in New Orleans (The Source) Garcetti Beating the […]

Culture Heals at Proyecto Jardín in Boyle Heights

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 7, 2013 | No Comments

As I sat down to watch the performance by Kalpulli Tlaltekuhtli for the “movement is medicine” segment of the La Cultura Cura Día de los Muertos celebration at Proyecto Jardín, I was (once again) reminded of my encounter with displaced Afro-Colombian farmers in Bogotá, Colombia, a decade earlier. Uprooted from the tropical and resource-rich region of […]

A Response to Today’s Blame the Victim Op/Ed in the Los Angeles Times

By Damien Newton | Nov 5, 2013 | 16 Comments

(Note: Read this first. – DN) Dear Sandy, I’m sorry I didn’t respond to your earlier article about the dangers many people take when they decide to go for a walk to get where they need to go. I take at least two walks a day with my one-year old daughter, and another bike ride […]

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