Category Archive: 'Native American Sites'
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Anahuak Youth Sports Association, Urban Semillas, and The City Project invite you to have fun in the park this weekend!
Rio de Los Angeles is a world-class, balanced park with active and passive recreation that meets the needs of
the community as defined by the community. The park is a best practice example [...]
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Visit the coverage of the Olmsted Plan by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Learn more about the Olmsted plan Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region here.
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
June 11, 2009 UPDATED
President Barack Obama The White House
Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Dianne Feinstein The Capitol
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol
Re: Support the National Park Service Saving California State Parks for All
Dear President Obama, Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein, and Governor Schwarzenegger:
We respectfully submit that the National Park Service should take over and manage the California State Park [...]
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
• SMMC Adds Malibu Bluffs Parkland to Potential Campsites •
The California Coastal Commission followed staff recommendations and denied the proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment submitted by the City of Malibu that included a prohibition on overnight camping on public parkland within its borders.
After almost 10 hours of reports and testimony at the panel’s meeting in [...]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Preliminary findings from a recent Sacramento State survey found that visitors to California’s state parks spend an average of $4.32 billion per year in park-related expenditures, based on attendance estimates by state Parks and Recreation of about 74.9 million visitors a year.
The survey, commissioned and funded by the California Parks and Recreation Department and conducted [...]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Visit the coverage the work of Judy Baca and SPARC on the Great Wall of Los Angeles along the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Visit the coverage of the Heritage Parkscape along the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Learn more about the Heritage Parkscape here.
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE UPDATED LETTER ON THE CITY PROJECT BLOG.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TEXT OF THE LETTER PUBLISHED ON THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.
June 4, 2009
President Barack Obama
The White House
Senator Barbara Boxer
Senator Dianne Feinstein
The Capitol
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger The California State Capitol
Re: Support the National Park Service Saving California State Parks for All
Dear President [...]
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
Visit the coverage of The City Project’s work on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
About L.A. River
“Hundreds of years ago, the Gabrielios — L.A.’s first residents — lived and worked on the banks of the Paime Pahite. That river’s basin was green and lush, according to Anthony Morales, Chief Red Blood of the Tangva Indians, dotted with stands of willow and oak that stretched all the way to the [...]
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