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we’re looking for a few good planning ideas (Q&A with L.A. planning director)

Posted on November 22, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

We want you & your best ideas for planning & making Los Angeles a better place. Join UEPI at Occidental College on December 1 for a Q&A session with recently-appointed L.A. City Planning Director Michael LoGrande and L.A. Times architecture…

Tagged with: parking, planning, recycling, urban farming
Posted in Built Environment, Environment, Food and Transportation, Housing Justice, Re-Envisioning the LA River, Red Fields to Green Fields, Regional Food Hubs, Streets, Transportation, Urban Environment

high speed rail in los angeles

Posted on November 4, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I wrote an opinion piece on the proposed high speed rail line that will come through Los Angeles for the Eagle Rock Patch website . I’m for high speed rail as a general point, but hope the line is oriented…

Tagged with: Eagle Rock, high speed rail, Los Angeles River, union station
Posted in Built Environment, Re-Envisioning the LA River, Streets, Transportation

Governor aims to terminate state parks

Posted on June 10, 2009 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

As a former cyborg, he perhaps hopes to disconnect us from nature and to close public spaces where people from all walks of life can hike and picnic on an equal footing.

Tagged with: Los Angeles River, Schwarzenegger, state parks
Posted in Re-Envisioning the LA River, Urban Environment

Designing the Cornfield

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

Wanted: Experienced and innovative design firm for new 32-acre state park just north of downtown Los Angeles. Must take into consideration previous site studies, multiple community demands, and diverse constituent needs. In March, the California State Parks Foundation went searching for teams to…

Tagged with: planning, uepi
Posted in Re-Envisioning the LA River, Urban Environment

Can there be a planning vision for Los Angeles?

Posted on July 18, 2005 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

Shortly after the June 17 mayoral election, Antonio Villaraigosa appeared as a keynote speaker at the Congress for New Urbanism convention in Pasadena and proclaimed that he would appoint a new Planning Director (the previous Director, Con Howe, had announced…

Tagged with: Los Angeles, Mayor Villaraigosa, planning
Posted in Built Environment, Environment, Housing Justice, Politics & Elections, Re-Envisioning the LA River, Red Fields to Green Fields, Regional Food Hubs, Streets, Transportation, Urban Environment