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Category Archives: Parks

Natural Corridors of LA

June 9, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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LA River, Los Angeles, Parks, Writings

Exposition Park

June 9, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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Los Angeles, Parks, Places, Writings

Exposition Park

April 15, 2003by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

In so far as Exposition Park has been and continues to be encroached upon by development (and simultaneously subject to abandonment), it is an allegory for Los Angeles in general. Just as LA’s natural and agricultural landscapes have been systematically developed without consistent open space protection, Exposition Park has been treated as vacant land waiting for buildings.

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Los Angeles, Parks, Places, Writings

Parks and the LA River

September 19, 2000by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

A review of “Eden by Design: The 1930s Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region” and the 2000 LA Mayoral Debate at Occidential College

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Books, History, LA River, Los Angeles, Parks, Writings

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This week Glendale adopted its first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan. The Plan is the most data-driven policy proposal yet in the City of Glendale. The Plan’s recommendations are based on extensive research on where, why and with whom the city’s pedestrian collisions have historically occurred. In response, the Plan focuses limited City resources where it can have the biggest impact – on the 9 miles of city streets where 40% of pedestrian collisions occurred. The Plan proposes a series of specific projects, and additionally establishes a toolbox of pedestrian safety measures designed around proven techniques, best practices for future projects. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
An early outreach component in creating Glendale’s first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan was a series of ad-hoc temporary pedestrian wayfinding signs created by @here.la and a targeted marketing campaign under the slogan “Be Street Smart Glendale.” Unlike previous pedestrian safety PSAs the City produced, “Be Street Smart Glendale” was informed by market research and focus groups similar to other public health campaigns, such as anti-smoking programs. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
On March 23, City Council unanimously approved Glendale's first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan. This approval is the culmination of 6 years of work by many talented consultants and City staff that began with a walk-about in November 2016. I am proud to have helped initiate this effort when I was Deputy Director of Urban Design & Mobility in Glendale (and participated in this first walk-about). Congratulations and thanks to the team: @nelsonnygaard @here.la @kpff_la @deborahmurphyla @kysergile Fehr & Peers and especially #notonsocialmedia Fred Zohrehvand, the City's Project Manager / Mobility Planner for whom this was a passion project from day one. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
2020 Hindsight :: #ADecadeOfLAUrbanism :: The Street, 2020

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