Parkman Triangle: Stage One!
Feb 24, 2010
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I was thrilled to find out that work Parkman Triangle Park has finally started. I took the dog out for a walk to see for myself, and I like what's been done!
The asphalt has been ripped out, and soon the water main can be installed. It turned out to be quite a job. The workers who were at the site told me that it turned out there were two layers of asphalt: one was the original street, and then you had the top layer which has been home to illegal parking and Sunday flea markets for years. The workers seemed excited about this project, too: they had also worked on a similar greening project in East Hollywood.
After two years of meetings, proposals, and hand-wringing, it's exciting to see the progress!
Some of us are meeting later in the week to discuss the bids we have received for various stages of work. It's encouraging to see the support and enthusiasm of so many contractors!
[...] Avenue and Silver Lake Boulevard south of Sunset Boulevard. The micro-park, once a dreary patch of asphalt, now thrives. We had some hits and misses with some plants, but now the space is lush–all those [...]