Parkman Triangle: Volunteers Needed!
Mar 12, 2010
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The transformation of Parkman Triangle is piling up: literally, as we received three more HUGE truckloads of fill dirt on our little gem at Silver Lake Blvd. and Parkman.We will need volunteers between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday the 13th. If you cannot make it this time, no worries: we will need your efforts for another 8 to 10 Saturdays.
Today's delivery of dirt gave us a great lesson in what it takes for LA drivers and commuters to behave civilly and how to read hand gestures by construction crews. Despite my orange Land's End vest (the closest thing to a CalTrans uniform I've got), some people apparently thought the outstretched hand in a STOP pose meant either get in the other lane and block traffic coming the opposite direction, or just continue driving on anyway. Then there was the woman in a black Cadillac who kept honking her horn (while she was plugged in to her iPod) loudly as a truck was dumping its load, not realizing that behaving like a twit won't make 30 cubic yards of dirt move any quicker, though it did stress other cars around her out!
Lesson learned: give construction crews a break and follow their lead. They are only stopping and slowing traffic for your safety--and more importantly, theirs!
Please contact me directly if you can help us in the morning.
Special thanks to Materials & Applications (a jewel in Silver Lake's architectural and design scene) for helping to get the word out, and to Stacy at C.D.G. Materials in Riverside for the great pricing and outstanding professionalism of their truckers, who made a dicey delivery seamless! 