All Blog Posts Tagged 'parks' (15)

Own your park - some TLC for Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

Have you heard about this budget crisis? Well everybody is doing what they can to get us through these tough times, but there have been lots of cutbacks. Maybe you've noticed. Unfortunately it's expensive to fix potholes and sidewalks yourself. Still we should step up - because ultimately taking care of your community ... well you are taking care of…
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Added by enhager on February 10, 2012 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

The Hope of Marlton Square / Santa Barbara Plaza

 

 

Some say don’t sweat the small stuff. Though sometimes you have to celebrate the small stuff.

After decades of false starts and baby steps forward, there are big movements at Marlton Square, a.k.a. Santa Barbara Plaza. Just over a year ago, Leimert Park Beat embarked on a…

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Added by enhager on November 15, 2011 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments

Healthy 'Hoods: Leimert Park’s Hidden Passage to Health

The Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook looks to be little more than oversized steps up a steep, rugged hill.…



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Added by enhager on November 3, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Healthy 'Hoods: Getting Outdoors in South Los Angeles



This video and article was produced in collaboration with KCET program SoCal Wanderer with host Jacob Soboroff.

There are a lot reasons to head to South Los Angeles and hiking probably isn't at the top of your list. As home to nearly one…

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Added by enhager on November 2, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Healthy 'Hoods: How do you build a healthy community?

The health of South Los Angeles suffers in part because much of this area was designed for the poor. The infrastructure itself plays a role.…

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Added by enhager on November 1, 2011 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Healthy 'Hoods: Obesity is a problem in Los Angeles, but South LA suffers more

“Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States.”

That quote should read like a public health bombshell, yet it’s not even news anymore. It was the opening line of a study published in “Science” magazine back in 1998. The authors, James O. Hill of the University of Colorado and J.C. Peters of Procter and…

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Added by enhager on October 31, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Marlton Square demolition to start in two weeks, Councilman Parks says

The vacant and derelict buildings along Martin Luther King Boulevard in Santa Barbara Plaza, also known as Marlton Square, will be torn down and removed beginning the second week of July, according to Councilman Bernard Parks.

 

The city owns all but two of the parcels, Oran Belgrave's art house/radio station and Jerry's Flying Fox. The city made its last big purchase in the…

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Added by enhager on July 4, 2011 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Eighth District Spring Clean-Up Saturday

Sat, Apr 30th 8:00 am - 11:00 am
 
 
 

Added by enhager on April 29, 2011 at 5:36am — No Comments

Eighth District Spring Clean-Up Saturday

Sat, Apr 30th 8:00 am - 11:00 am
 
 
 

Added by enhager on April 29, 2011 at 5:36am — No Comments

Parks v. Hogan-Rowles for the 8th District Los Angeles City Council Seat - for Leimert Park, Crenshaw, Baldwin Hills, West Adams & more

As many of you know, Tuesday March 8th is election day for the 8th district, which includes the communities of  Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Leimert Park, West Adams, Jefferson Park, Chesterfield Square and other areas of South Los Angeles.

 

In addition to several important ballot measures on the budget, there is our local council race. I don't believe in endorsements - it's your responsibility to make up your own mind.

 

Here are some useful stories you should read…

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Added by enhager on February 21, 2011 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

8th District People's Convention - No politicians allowed

Damien Goodmon of FixExpo, who fought against the Expo Light Rail, is leading a Town Meeting on Sunday for the 8th District.

 

The Hyde Park homowners group that tried to block the Fresh and Easy and Crenshaw and is planning to sue to stop the grocery store from opening will also be there.

 

Betty Pleasant of the…

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Added by enhager on January 29, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Bernard Parks Campaign kick off Saturday jan. 29

Saturday's Campaign Kickoff for Bernard Parks re-election for City Council.

 

Campaign Office Grand Opening

Saturday, January 29, 2011

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

4371 Crenshaw Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90008

(On the Corner of Crenshaw and Vernon Ave. across the street from Leimert Park)

Campaign Office - (323) 298-8888

 

 

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Added by enhager on January 28, 2011 at 6:08pm — 1 Comment

What you missed at the 2010 Taste of Soul on Crenshaw - by Ivory Shehee



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Leimert Park Beat uber member Ivory Shehee covered the largest street festival in Los Angeles - The Taste of Soul. Enjoy Ivory's excellent photos - and please say "Thank… Continue

Added by enhager on October 18, 2010 at 3:05pm — No Comments

Redevelopment Hell: How a prime opportunity for redevelopment in South Los Angeles became the bane of the community

By Emily Henry of Intersections South LA and Eddie North-Hager of LeimertParkBeat.com



Santa Barbara Plaza has been whitewashed, boarded up, security gates padlocked. Most of the 240 small and large shops once here have been relocated, were bought out or have gone out of business.



Yet this Los Angeles shopping center -- the size of 20…

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Added by enhager on September 6, 2010 at 11:30pm — 15 Comments

Santa Barbara Plaza once was a destination, LA City Councilman Bernard Parks remembers

Councilman Bernard Parks remembers a time when people on the hills of View Park, Angeles Vista and Baldwin Hills all came down for the plethora of local businesses in Santa Barbara Plaza, known by some as Marlton Square.



Emily Henry of Intersections South LA Report interviewed Parks for the project we are doing on the fate of this dilapidated and largely abandoned shopping center that takes up 20 football fields.…

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Added by enhager on August 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

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