Category Archive: 'L.A. River'

A 150-Year-Old Map of Central Park Still Comes in Handy Today New York Times

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

“It is the most important work of American art of the 19th century,” Sara Cedar Miller said.
She was referring to Central Park, not to the 3-foot by-8-foot pen-and-ink map over her shoulder. But the two are inseparable. The enormous map depicts “Greensward,” the plan by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux that won the park-design [...]

L.A. River Bike Ride June 8 Sunday Morning

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Reclaiming Griffith Park’s Lost Acreage for Public Enjoyment

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

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 [...]

Think MTV Video: Closing California’s Urban State Parks

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Transit to Trails: Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Village in Malibu

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Transit to Trails visited the Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Demonstration Village Project in Malibu on April 26, 2008.

The Village will consist of the creation of an outdoor working Native American village on a four-acre site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, creating the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California.
Transit to [...]

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Monday, April 28th, 2008

UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

KLCS and KCET Broadcasts!

KLCS - Mondays at 8PM - April 28, May 5, 12, and 19

April 28: In Sickness and In Wealth
May 5: When the Bough Breaks and Becoming American
May 12: Bad Sugar and Place Matters
May 19: Collateral Damage and Not Just a [...]

Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California — Celebrating Diversity and Democracy

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The California Department of Parks and Recreation has published a study based on the public’s need to become more aware of California’s cultural diversity and its tangible manifestations on the land. Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California (1988) can serve as a best practice example guide for cultural and heritage monuments that celebrate [...]

Central Avenue Jazz Park, Diversity, and Democracy

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The Central Avenue Jazz Park across the street from the Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles, and a tile mural created by community youths in the Park, commemorate the Golden Age of Jazz in Los Angeles. The Park and tile mural are a best practice example of a cultural, historical, or artistic resource that celebrates [...]

Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard Earth Day Anniversary Celebration

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The children of the Anahuak Youth Association planted trees and kicked off the 2008 soccer season on April 19 to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard as part of the greening of the Los Angeles River. Anahuak and The City Project worked with [...]

Biddy Mason Wall, Diversity, and Democracy

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The Biddy Mason Wall is a best practice example of the kind of cultural, historical, and artistic monument that Los Angeles should celebrate.

Born a slave in Mississippi in 1818, Biddy Mason walked behind her owner’s wagon, first to Utah then to Los Angeles. A federal judge freed her in 1856, before the United States Supreme [...]