LOS ANGELES CITY HALL
The architects may not have had it in mind, but L.A.'s City Hall is famed as a co-star in the classic tv series Dragnet and Adam-12. The mayor's office and the L.A. City Council's meeting chambers are located in this center for the government of the City of L.A. Completed in 1928, there are 32 floors with a public observation level on the 27th floor. The concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California's 58 counties. In 1976 the site was designated an Historic-Cultural Monument.
Harlem Place Project - Starting a Conversation about Green Alleys Downtown
At a community presentation of the Harlem Place Project, the graduate student team from the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management discussed the impacts of transforming small-scale open space on both a local and regional level. With more than 900 miles of alleys and many park-poor neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles, the DLANC Sustainability Committee is interested in understanding more about what can be done to enhance our urban environment, improve stormwater quality and quantity, air quality, reduce heat island effect, and create a more livable neighborhood.
Check out the summary from the Harlem Place Project
Take a look at the hand-out provided by the Bren team (see attached).
Check out the full report from the Harlem Place Project.
A very special thank you to the team of graduate students who have provided our community with a valuable resource in understanding our urban space and the benefits of integrating small-scale open space into our neighborhood. See the attached full report.
Check back soon for a video of the presentation.
We look forward to creating a working group to continue investigating how we can advocate for green alleys Downtown. If you're interested, check out www.downtownsustainability.com and sign-up for email updates from the Sustainability Committee. OR stop by one of our regular meetings or office hours to get involved.
| Attachment | Size |
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| SC-Bren GP Brief_GreenLA-2010-05-03.pdf | 2.5 MB |
| SC-Bren GP GreenLA Final Report-2010-05-03.pdf | 3.01 MB |