Los Angeles River

October 25, 2015

Joe Edmiston: Gehry a Welcome Addition to River Revitalization

Joe Edmiston, among the original champions of the LA River, encourages all interested players to participate in revitalization.

August 28, 2015

Baylis: State's Fish & Game Commission and LA City/County Respond Wisely to Drought

Jack Baylis lauds the City of LA's goal of reducing imported water to 50 percent and lays out ways to get there

August 18, 2015

Romero and MacAdams: Who Will Plan & Fund LA River Revitalization?

Two LA River experts comment on the revitalization process now that the Army Corps of Engineer’s Alternative 20 has cleared a critical federal hurdle.

August 12, 2015

NACWA's New President Adel Hagekhalil Champions ‘One Water'

Hagekhalil provides an update on City of LA wastewater and storm water projects, calling for the breakdown of bureaucratic silos in managing the resource.

October 30, 2014

Zev Yaroslavsky LA River Greenway Trail: The Valley's 'Missing Link'

Esther Feldman and Mia Lehrer discuss the creation a half-mile section of trail along the LA River that connects existing paths to form a five-mile continuous stretch.

October 2, 2014

D.C's 11th Street Bridge Park: Transforming Infrastructure into Civic Space

Scott Kratz discusses efforts to turn an aged-out freeway bridge into a three-acre civic space crossing the Anacostia River.

June 30, 2014

Lewis MacAdams on Army Corps’ LA River Revitalization Alternative 20

Lewis MacAdams gives his view on the years of work behind the Army Corps' recent announcement, and offers his vision for the LA River.

June 30, 2014

Jenna Hornstock Shares Refinements to Metro’s Union Station Master Plan

Jenna Hornstock takes readers through the Union Station Master Plan process and gives details on Metro's preferred approach.

April 4, 2014

City of LA's Engineer—A Responsibility of Significance

Deborah Weintraub, Interim City Engineer for Los Angeles, discusses the La Noria waterwheel, along with other water-oriented and public space projects in partnership with the city.

March 30, 2012

FoLAR’s LA River Vision May Require Jurisdictional Coordination & Governance Change

Lewis MacAdams, poet and founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River, and Charles Eddy, retired attorney, environmentalist, and current FoLAR board member, discuss their work to create a management authority for the Los Angeles River. Having advocated for opening the river up to public use for decades, they have turned to Sacramento for help. SB 1201, should it become law, would place control of the river into the hands of a multi-agency and jurisdictional council.

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