It has been a great week for publicity surrounding Parkman Triangle. We got some coverage in Curbed LA! Some folks were not happy with the tone, but any coverage is better than no news, right? Many comments were also posted expressing enthusiasm for the project. Digging will continue on Sunday. We need to move [...]
LA’s mayor’s about to announce that all of LA will be off coal by 2020. A press conference will start soon! Okay, sorry. That blurb from my Blackberry was more appropriate for a Twitter Post, but I was at JETRO’s (Japan External Trade Organization) Greening the City event in downtown LA this afternoon when one of [...]
Yesterday, we had a fantastic turnout for our work on Parkman Triangle. I asked Ara Babaian to share his thoughts on this project. I will invite others working on Parkman Triangle to give their views and hopes for a plan that we hope catches on in LA. Let me start with Ara!–LK/GGP On Saturday, [...]
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 [...]
It’s a simple technology, but there’s something magical about a funicular, no matter where you are in the world. Emanating from the Latin word for rope, a funicular is simply an inclined railway in which two cars, connected by a cable, move up and down a steep hillside, with the weight of each car counter-balancing [...]
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 [...]
GGP is in Brazil with little internet connection, but we have heard that demolition on Parkman Triangle may start on Monday–so stay tuned. Let’s hope this finally happens. Since we cannot be there, please take pictures if this happens!!!! Many thanks to John Southern and Ara Babaian for all their work.
I’m so thrilled. After years of NIMBYism, supported by the hypocritical likes of Henry Waxman, the Metropolitan Transit Authority approved the subway to the sea. Well, it’s more rail to the sea as we are talking about a light-rail line. Although one neighborhood, Cheviot Hills, fought tooth and nail against the project (even though the [...]