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101 FREEWAY INTERCHANGE PROPOSED €CAP€ PARK

Environmental activists and community planners are proposing placing a two-thirds-mile-long deck (“cap”) across the 101 Freeway in downtown LA to create a 100-acre park which would include an amphitheater, walkways and rolling landscape with a ridge line trail. They also plan for over a million square feet of mixed-use development along the freeway area. Total cost is projected at $700 million. Think of it as the reversal of the Joni Mitchell song lyrics “paving over paradise with a parking lot.”

Arts Committee

 

Mission Statement: Develop Downtown Los Angeles into a 21st Century Global Arts & Culture Epicenter. Transform Downtown's existing, diverse, multi-ethnic, multi-culutral, multi-dimensional arts & cultural activity into a dynamic, thriving, interactive, cultural force. We accomplish this through defragmentation of our existing systems, artistic cross-pollination of our various groups, and by creating coherent branding of our Downtown image and strive for aesthetic advocacy.

We need dedicated people with various viewpoints and experience in arts, culture, education, business, design, and preservation. We invite the creative neighbors from other neighborhood boundaries who have a stake in Downtown to join us. We will make Downtown (our downtown), a viable, creative urban enrironment that people will recognize as a force in creative lifestyle, culture, and the arts.

The AAC is creating new projects that address dynamic changes in our community. Our committee depends on dedicated Volunteers and their contributions. We believe in a Creative LA. Believing is the first step in achieving!

 

Meeting Information: 
3rd Wednesday of the month; 7:00  PM; The Exchange, 114 West 5th Street

Contacts
Bert Green