Pring..pringgg…little bells and the yodeling of Tamaleeeees! is heard on Los Angeles’ Ceaser Chavez Boulevard. Street vendors fill the air with the smell of bacon wrapped hot dogs, their whistles and antojitos (treats )to suit your taste buds. On Sundays, once a month, all of Broadway Boulevard turns in to a tiangis (yard sale) where [...]
Foodies, like myself, love to discover through social media any eat-on-the-street, inexpensive made-to-order food. Independent-minded cooks find a food truck an appealing alternative to owning a stationary restaurant which carries high overhead costs. You can find anything from Sudhi burritos, Korean tacos, empanadas and soul food.
One organization that is using new tools offered by companies like Global Site Plans to grow and build its advocacy campaigns is Next Aide.
In a previous post one of our other bloggers, Jessica, wrote about the excitement of CicLAvia, “I believe if cities adopted a building style that considered cyclists, instead of being optimized for cars, this “Bikitecture” would promote safer and friendlier streets for the city.” Jessica, I could not agree with you more. The building style [...]
Food is always on the minds of Americans – and urban planners. Here is how urban planning plays a key role in helping create local community-based food systems through urban design: They use traditional tools such as community plan updates and zoning; They assist with economic development incentives to attract food growers by providing financial [...]
With the intention of planting a victory garden for a friend who just beat cancer we rode into the City of Montrose 30 minutes outside of Los Angeles to a nursery. I had my favorite nursery mapped out and I asked my friend Di why we would drive outside our city to find one. “Well,” [...]
After over a year, the LID (Low Impact Development) Ordinance has finally made it past the Los Angeles Board of Public Works. On January 15th, the Board unanimously approved a draft LID ordinance requiring that rainfall from a three-quarter inch storm at newly built houses, developments, and certain redevelopments either be captured and reused or [...]
While on vacation I have enjoyed photographing cities through their signs, sometimes graffiti, public works, and even window displays. I find that these add dimensions to cities in a way that most of us wouldn’t even think about. In an age where we are constantly bombarded with media, it is easy to forget that we [...]
