Havana and Bleeker Streets, Sylmar.
The presence of cienegas or swamplands was one of the vital factors in the decision of the Franciscan Padres to erect the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in 1797 at a site two to three miles west of these cienegas.
Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
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The Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance draft Community Standards District will protect human health and the environment for the community and the Baldwin Hills Park, the largest urban park designed in the United States in over a century. Visit www.greaterbaldwinhillsalliance.org and www.baldwinhillsoil.org.

Cincinnati Riverfront Park is the dynamic new 45-acre park that will soon rise along Cincinnati’s historic riverfront on the Ohio River. This park is arguably the most important public project in the region over the next decade. As the city’s new front yard, Cincinnati Riverfront Park will become a destination venue for an estimated 1.1 [...]

View images of the 28 acre site of Griffith Park on the East Bank of the Los Angeles River in Atwater Village — which could be the Next Great Urban Park in Los Angeles.
Central Service Yard Opportunity Site
Reclaiming Griffith Park’s Lost Acreage for Public Enjoyment
By Jeff Gardener and Bernadette Soter,
Members Griffith Park Master Plan Working [...]

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The City Project’s Executive Director and Counsel Robert García presented the Policy Report Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities: Mapping Green Access and Equity for the Los Angeles Region before the full Los Angeles City Council on March 18, 2008. Council members responded in a public conversation about a fair system of park finance and fees [...]

Councilmember Wendy Greuel discusses the importance of parks and recreation for the quality of life in Los Angeles. “Thank you Robert for this presentation. We often find that parks are an integral part of the community and a neighborhood and particularly for those kids who have no other option in which to play.”
“Some [...]

Councilman Jose Huizar discusses joint use of parks and schools to make optimal use of scarce land and resources. “In terms of the existing facilities, both on the city’s side and the school’s side, it’s just a matter of leadership and us working together to make that happen. The limited resources are there, we [...]

Councilman Ed Reyes addresses regional grassroots efforts to improve parks and recreation for all, and cites the history and pattern of discriminatory land use policies and racially restrictive housing covenants which contribute to disparities in access to parks, recreation, and housing. “These are problems that we have. The gang issue. We put [...]