You can learn more about this project and participate HERE.

via colabradio.mit.edu Click on link for more ideas for the LA River. You can download the base map and submit your own ideas. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume

via archpaper.com See link for more info and pictures. Breaking news: AECOM just announces that they have the contract to design 4 freeway “cap” parks in Los Angeles. The project is expected to cost a trillion dollars and take 10 years to complete. The one depicted in this picture looks like it might …

The rain finally broke yesterday and I was able to go on a FoLAR (Friends of the Los Angeles River) sponsored Los Angeles River tour that covered the south half of river from downtown out to the harbor in Long Beach. This is a section of the river that I didn’t know as well, since [...]

See full post at apartmenttherapy.com. Luis Barragán is one of my favorite architects and the possibility that he may have designed this residential fountain in Los Angeles is really exciting. I came across this article in the LA Times Home and Garden section last year. I’d love to see it in person… More on Luis [...]

It is my dream to be able to walk to a lot of friends houses. We now have a Facebook group for people that live in Angelino Heights (Echo Park, Los Angeles). If you live around here please join and invite your friends. NOTE: This group replaces the now defunct Angelino Heights MeetUp group. Join [...]

Here are some of the highlights of a walk we took yesterday from Intelligensia (@Sunset Blvd & Santa Monica) up to Ballar Hardware on Hyperion Avenue, in Silverlake. Most of the pictures are taken along a one mile stretch of Hyperion that is not very walkable. I have driven it a 1000 times but couldn’t [...]

Jonathan and I walked from our house in Angelino Heights/Echo Park to Silverlake last weekend. I took a lot of pictures of the things that caught my attention. We stopped and had lunch at Local and then went onto Intelligensia at Sunset Junction. Then we took the 4 bus back down Sunset Blvd. By the [...]

There is another LA River clean up this Saturday at nearby Taylor Yard. Come help pick up trash accumulated in the river. This is a surprisingly great event for kids. They love picking up gross things. It is like a treasure hunt. Directions and info HERE. See the LA Times coverage of the clean up [...]