Comments on: River ride

By: Faux real | Gelatobaby

Faux real | Gelatobaby — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:05:00 +0000

[...] many new public spaces that lines the river. The fact that there’s a gateway to the river, a bike path zipping past that leads to other, greener parts of the river—and a plan to restore it completely—is [...]

By: Where Nowhere really is somewhere « Gelatobaby

Where Nowhere really is somewhere « Gelatobaby — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:30:57 +0000

[...] And through all the perfect little swimming holes, some of which, I thought, looked awfully similar to the soft-bottom section of the LA River. [...]

By: Countertop Water Filters

Countertop Water Filters — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:22:23 +0000

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By: Alissa

Alissa — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:18:13 +0000

That's right, Pladdis, thanks for pointing that out! You can read more about the Red Car right-of-way in my article about THE BIG PARADE, a stairway walk through LA.

By: Pladdis

Pladdis — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:05:19 +0000

A side note:
The “graffiti-splotched walls near Hyperion” are actually, on the far end, support pillars for a bridge, on top of which ran the Pacific Electric Railway (The Red Cars), a trolley that lead through Glendale to Burbank in one direction, and to Downtown Los Angeles at the fabled Belmont Tunnel, on the other. The right of way is basically intact from Glendale to Downtown, so imagine the possibilities! A stately trolley ride from Downtown, along echo park lake, through the hilly neighborhoods, traversing Silverlake bluffs and across the L.A. River and on into Glendale…(my dad used to take that exact ride when he was a young man!).

By: Alissa

Alissa — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:37:08 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Joe! And I’m keeping a close eye on the river projects for sure.

Everyone should check out Joe’s awesome blog, too:
http://lacreekfreak.wordpress.com/

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:24:34 +0000

I am glad to hear that you’re seeing improvements on our misunderstood river. Sometimes it feels like it takes forever for these river improvement projects to get completed.

It’s a minor point (only important to sticklers like me), but there are actually a couple of river master plans. The 2007 city master plan is one word different than you state – it’s the “Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan”. The “Los Angeles River Master Plan” was done by the county in 1996.