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Greening Downtown Los Angeles: Park 101

Posted August 08, 2008 8:40 AM

From INHABITAT:

Amidst an endless expanse of concrete and asphalt, Park 101 looks to provide Los Angeles with a much needed green space atop a half-mile length of the infamous 101 Hollywood Freeway. The proposal was assembled in an intense two-week workshop by interns in the 2008 EDAW Program. It provides a link between the city’s historical and financial cores, adding a much needed walkable public space to a downtown area burgeoning with renewed vitality. (more…)

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Re: Greening Downtown Los Angeles: Park 101

08/08/2008 11:42 PM

I know and Love Los Angeles:

So:

The thing will priobably be built on top of three toxic waste sites: The real users of the place will be dealers and the homeless finding a place to stash their stiff.

This is my city and we represent the highest order of double speak the Gov has ever evolved. You might be stonkered by this but: A Highschool was built on top of a Toxic Waste site. The rersponsible people have retired comfortably.

Go Figure: : -- )

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Re: Greening Downtown Los Angeles: Park 101

08/11/2008 9:02 PM

Welcome to Planet Earth. In my country, the government is constructing a casino on an island resort. At the designated site, they found a coral reef with several rare species living there. So what did they do? Instead of doing the right (not to mention sensible) thing of relocating the casino, they decided instead to dismantle and move the reef elsewhere, despite the fact that conditions at the new location may not be conducive to the survival of the reef community!!!!

Moral of the story? To politicians, Responsibility to planet Earth and its inhabitants always take a back seat to greed.

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