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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

More Highlights from Denver

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

Denver has a deep-rooted history of working on food issues. Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Denver and learn about the phenomenal work underway in the city and in the state of Colorado to connect the dots between…

Tagged with: community gardens, denver, Food Justice
Posted in Built Environment, Red Fields to Green Fields, Urban Environment

A “Growasis” in Denver

Posted on November 19, 2010 by ajoshi — 1 Comment ↓

I visited The GrowHaus – a 20,000 sq.ft. greenhouse in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver last week on November 8th. Located in a worn-down industrial area, a railroad track passes right by the side of the greenhouse. In a gathering…

Tagged with: denver, Food Justice, growhaus, hydroponics
Posted in Built Environment, Red Fields to Green Fields, Urban Environment

The South Central Farm: What Next?

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Robert Gottlieb — 1 Comment ↓

As this is being written, the 14 acre South Central Farm on 41st street and Alameda is being bulldozed, the fences that separated the magnificent plots torn down, and an urban landscape that was in many ways truly magical will…

Tagged with: food, Los Angeles, planning, south central farm, urban agriculture
Posted in Built Environment, Global Trade and Freight Transport, Migration Policy and Research, Red Fields to Green Fields

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