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ArroyoFest: Five year anniversary

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

It’s been five years since the residents of Northeast LA, South Pasadena and Pasadena took a bicycle ride down the car-free 110 freeway. LA Times blogger Steve Hyman remembers the event.: “I was lucky enough to cover the event. And,…

Robert Gottlieb’s “Reinventing Los Angeles” Released

Posted on November 28, 2007 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Robert Gottlieb’s latest book, Reinventing Los Angeles, is now available from most online retailers. In it, Gottlieb traces the emergence of Los Angeles as a global city in the twentieth century and describes its continuing evolution today. He examines the…

Double decker highways and additional highway lanes on the 710 Freeway..do we really need more?

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robert Gottlieb — 4 Comments ↓

It’s unfortunate, but buried within the legislative package of infrastructure projects that the Legislature passed last week, and that otherwise includes important goals such as affordable housing and education, will be a big chunk of change that will go to…