The Olmsted Vision: Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region
The Los Angeles Times recently editorialized: “Los Angeles is chronically short of park space, a civic failure that generations of leaders have only glancingly addressed. In 1930, the brilliant but ignored Olmsted-Bartholomew plan envisioned a county where every resident enjoyed easy access to beaches, vistas, recreation areas and parks.”
The Olmsted proposals remain valid today for alleviating park poverty and park disparities today:
*the shared use of parks and schools,
*greening the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers,
*doubling beach access
*using parks and school fileds for clean water and flood control
*including forests in the park system
*transportation to parks, schools, rivers, beaches, mountains, and forests
*prioritizing parks and recreation in low income communities.
Learn more in The City Project’s Policy Report Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities: Mapping Green Access and Equity for the Los Angeles Region.
