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Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Southern California's First 'Parklet' Asks the Question: What Is a Park, Really?

    When is a parking space not a parking space? When it's a park, of course. Last week, Southern California's first "parklet" opened quietly in Long Beach, recasting that space between the painted lines as -- yes -- a tiny rectangle of curb-adjacent public space. It's not as suicidal as it sounds. In ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2010

    Nightranger: (Art)Walk This Way

    When is a parking space not a parking space? When it's a park, of course. Last week, Southern California's first "parklet" opened quietly in Long Beach, recasting that space between the painted lines as -- yes -- a tiny rectangle of curb-adjacent public space. It's not as suicidal as it sounds. In ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Rolling Out L.A.'s Cement Carpet

    Downtown's long-promised central park has few trees. "Ugly" doesn't cover it

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Mirage

    The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.

  • News

    August 2, 2007

    A Zillion New Neighbors

    Scared by a weakening downtown, City Hall is set to obliterate zoning protections

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    LA’s Underground Power Broker

    The name Vignali receded into L.A. history after the “Pardongate” scandal of 2001, but questions remain about drug-dealing son Carlos and his real estate magnate father, Horacio, who just might be pulling the strings in the remaking of downtown L.A.

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