Go Tell Various People What You Want in a Park
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — There's a public meeting at the current Civic Center park / future Grand Ave. park tomorrow afternoon. It'll be at 5:30pm on the Court of Flags, which I believe is between Hill and Broadway (and, of course, between 1st and Temple). From the announcement:
Please join us at the Grand Avenue Civic Park on June 21st for the first in a series of community workshops. The program -- organized by the official Grand Avenue Park design team, led by Brenda Levin, Mark Rios and Aaron Paley -- will include a day's worth of outdoor activities:
11:30am - 1:30pm: Food stalls and walking tours of the park site
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Musical performance
5:30pm - 7:30pm: Public meeting
And if you're interested, they're doing a webcast at the Grand Intervention website. As usual, all I want in a park is open space to throw a frisbee around.
Somewhat related, the Daily News family of papers is running an odd little editorial that is aghast the large fountain might not survive the new plans. Hints of an agenda abound -- they call the Grand Avenue Project a "$1.8 billion boondoggle" and write that it's "little more than a scam to make developers rich and give county officials a spiffy new building, with no public benefit." I think the fountain's great when it's running, but I'm not about to let the Daily News lead a cry to save it.
Scott Mercer on June 20, 2006, at 02:30PM – #1
Who even knows or cares about that fountain? It's not particularly historic or attractive.
The Daily News? A bunch of jokers. They don't like any construction money being spent on ANYTHING outside the San Fernando Valley. They cried for years about the supposed waste of the Red Line, the "boondoggle" of Disney Hall, any schools being built, or anything that benefits downtown, even if private money is involved. I should know, I lived in the Valley for five years. Forget those losers.
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on June 20, 2006, at 03:51PM – #2
I think I like the fountain just because of its mass. When it's on there's a whole lot of water moving. Other than that I agree with you -- it's not that great-looking when it's sitting still.