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Latino boys playing soccer at the Central Avenue Jazz Park reflect cultural changes in South Central Los Angeles over the past 30 to 50 years as Latinos move in to the formerly African-American community. Learn about the urban parks movement here.
The Gates by Christo covered 23 miles of paths in New York City’s Central Park and drew 4 million visitors, nearly four times the number of people who typically visit the park at that time of year. The installation cost $20 million and generated an estimated $254 million in economic activity, according to the City [...]
The Chicano Park Mural Restoration project in Barrio Logan in San Diego, CA, is restoring the murals painted on the columns and retaining walls that are part of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The murals have deep transcending values and are recognized at the local, state and national levels as historical, cultural and social and political [...]
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 Court held that slaves were not people protected by the United States Constitution in the Dred Scott case. Ms. Mason became a [...]
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Pacific Standard Time unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene See the revitalization of the Great Wall of Los Angeles
The Chicano Park Mural Restoration project will restore 18 of the murals painted on the columns and retaining walls that are part of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The murals have deep transcending values and are recognized at the local, state and national levels as historical, cultural and socio-political public art. (Source: http://www.chicano-park.org/)
Children in support of Alternative D at an NPS public hearing in El Monte. The National Park Service (NPS) is currently accepting public comments about creating a National Recreation Area in the San Gabriel Mountains and Watershed. Based on previous public comments, NPS developed four alternative scenarios. Alternative D most closely resembles our vision for [...]
Click on the text or images for more information. Save Watts Towers! LACMA New York Times Why Didn’t They Just Stop? Public Outcry Stops Excavation at El Pueblo Campo Santo Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County Policy Report / Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el [...]
