Denver’s cemeteries grow into the role of public parks with free concerts, art displays and elegant gardens (Denver Post). ASLA’s The Dirt provides a detailed summary of Peter Harnik’s Wednesday presentation of his new book, which discusses ways to incorporate parks into built-out cities (and guidance on how to plan for them). Earth Policy Institute’s [...]
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There’s a nice story by public radio station KPCC in Los Angeles on “Fitness Zones” being built in the city’s parks. TPL has been working with the city to bring exercise equipment that is simple, durable and still attractive to use for exercising. The article touches on how they could be of some help in [...]
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If Paris has the Eifel Tower and New York the Statue of Liberty, then LA has the Hollywood sign. Earlier this week, TPL announced that the view of the world-famous Hollywood Sign will be protected by purchasing Cahuenga Peak, the 138 acres behind and to the left of the sign which could have been developed [...]
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Jack Foley of L.A.’s People for Parks pens an op-ed in the LA Daily News on the need for parks in tough times. (L.A. parks are facing a deep budget cut, as the city scrambles to reconcile lower revenues.) The budget crisis is forcing us to rethink our lifestyle. This isn’t our first economic downturn, [...]
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Many people might not know that Los Angeles has a 4,218 park right in the heart of the city. Griffith Park was donated to the city 112 years ago by industrialist Col. Griffith Jenkins Griffith — who wanted to create the largest urban park in America. (He accomplished this task, but Griffith Park has not [...]
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An article in the LA Times describes efforts in Los Angeles to convert alleys to park-like spaces, an opportunity quantified quite well. There are few cities whose alleys offer more possibility than Los Angeles. The USC Center for Sustainable Cities, which is leading the alley campaign here, found recently that there are 12,309 blocks of [...]
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