Parkman Triangle Unveiled

After our eighth volunteer day, Parkman Triangle is proudly finished!  Funny, this was one of the most exhausting days:  just like when you move from one home to another, the most exhausting part is taking care of all of those tiny details.  But the results are fantastic!

As you drive west on Silver Lake Boulevard, you are now greeted by a berm showcasing blue fescue and Mexican feather grass; spots of color tease the eyes thanks to tea tree bushes and coral-like Sticks of Fire; and three young jacaranda trees have been staked to grow towards the sky, giving current and future residents shade in a few years.

As one volunteer noticed, now that this corner is teeming with plants, you notice all the other architectural details of the surround homes, most of which were built in the 1920s and 1930s.  And the buildings actually look nice!

The past several weeks were rewarding and we had so much great help.  Of course David Davis, who has lived on this corner for years, was cheerful and industrious; we had a young architect, Jason Anthony, drive from Culver City, who was a workhorse; and we were hydrated thanks to Meg, a local caterer who made the best tea and fruit concoctions.  The past couple weeks were especially gratifying, as many people who drove by honked their horns in gleeful approval.

I walked our dog there a few hours later, and I watched a couple small birds tug at some jute that was holding down the young landscaping, assumedly to build a nest nearby.

Michael Locke of the Los Feliz Ledger wrote about the vision behind Parkman Triangle

; please take a look! The dedication ceremony will occur in early August.