LA River plan floated
Talk about ending pavement! Plans for revitalizing the LA River come and go pretty often, but this new Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan really has some ooomph.
In the LA Times today, by Steve Hymon, “Costly L.A. River plan contains a raft of new ideas”. (Apparently, you can’t avoid making headline puns about this story. ;)
After decades of enduring jokes about the city’s concrete-lined waterway, officials today will release an ambitious master plan for restoring the Los Angeles River, a project that reflects lofty dreams and carries a big price tag.
If anything, the plan is significant not for its specifics but for its sweep and boldness in proposing to turn the industrial-strength storm drain running from the San Fernando Valley to the sea into “one of the city’s most treasured landmarks.”
The Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan proposes a $2-billion-plus makeover that would replace vast tracts of industrial land along the river with parks, clean up the river and make it appear more natural while retaining its important flood-control role.
If they could make this bold vision happen, it could have a profound effect on all of Southern California, much less Los Angeles itself.
Modern Hiker - 60% Geek, 40% Granola » A River Reborn? said,
November 7, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
[...] End Pavement links to an L.A. Times story about a new $2 billion plan to tear down the concrete and turn our glorified drainage ditch into “one of the city’s most treasured landmarks.” [...]