Presentation - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Presentation - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Presentation - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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introducing<br />
http://cornfieldsla.googlepages.com
DWP<br />
Site<br />
Downey<br />
Rec. Center<br />
Albion<br />
Dairy<br />
William<br />
Mead Housing<br />
Broadway<br />
Bridge<br />
MTA<br />
Midway<br />
Yard<br />
City Hall<br />
LA State<br />
Historic Park<br />
Downtown LA<br />
Elysian<br />
Park
Dodger<br />
Stadium<br />
Elysian<br />
Park<br />
MTA Midway<br />
Yard<br />
LA State<br />
Historic Park<br />
Downey<br />
Rec. Center<br />
Albion<br />
Dairy<br />
William<br />
Mead<br />
Homes<br />
DWP
values<br />
1. parks and open space<br />
2. mix <strong>of</strong> uses<br />
3. transit options<br />
4. safety<br />
5. sense <strong>of</strong> community<br />
heritage, history, and<br />
character<br />
concerns<br />
1. displacement and gentrification<br />
2. traffic, transit, and alternative<br />
transportation<br />
3. safety<br />
4. loss <strong>of</strong> industry and<br />
5. lack <strong>of</strong> connections and access<br />
to the river<br />
likes<br />
1. <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> River<br />
2. location<br />
3. transit options<br />
4. Social character<br />
5. LA State Historic Park<br />
and access to open<br />
space
Existing<br />
Land Use
Proposed Land Use<br />
• Will generate<br />
7,500<br />
additional<br />
housing units<br />
• 10,546 new<br />
jobs
urban center<br />
10 – 15 Mixed Use Stories<br />
proximity to light rail and open<br />
space<br />
high level <strong>of</strong> employment<br />
activity<br />
emphasis on an active ground<br />
floor<br />
limited residential
urban innovation<br />
2 – 5 stories<br />
employment activity<br />
with/limited residential use<br />
creative and cognitive<br />
production, research and<br />
development, light industrial<br />
integrated into surrounding<br />
community
urban village<br />
4 –10 stories<br />
compact, mixed use, transitoriented<br />
residential and employment use<br />
alongside community services<br />
active ground floor uses
greenway<br />
regional parks<br />
mini or pocket parks<br />
plazas, squares, paseos<br />
streets<br />
recreational areas, habitat restoration
Today’s Challenges:<br />
Downtown LA
East End <strong>of</strong> LA<br />
State Historic Park Portal
East End <strong>of</strong> LA<br />
State Historic Park Portal
EXAMPLE RIVER PLAN GOALS<br />
Create a Continuous River<br />
Greenway<br />
• Establish a River Buffer area for habitat within and adjacent<br />
to the River.<br />
• Extend open space, bike paths, and multi-use trails into the<br />
tributaries.<br />
Example River Promenade<br />
Example Riverside Street
EXAMPLE RIVER PLAN GOALS<br />
Connect Neighborhoods to the<br />
River<br />
• Create safe, non-motorized routes between the River and cultural,<br />
transit, commercial and employment centers within 1 mile <strong>of</strong> the River.<br />
• Increase direct pedestrian and visual access to the River.<br />
Example Arterial Green Street<br />
Example Local Green Street
EXAMPLE RIVER PLAN GOALS<br />
Enhance River Identity<br />
• Identify physical opportunities to improve the visibility <strong>of</strong> the River.<br />
• Identify opportunities to improve public perception <strong>of</strong> the River.<br />
• Encourage the communities’ local and diverse character.<br />
• Identify physical opportunities to introduce art along the River.<br />
Judith Baca’s Great Wall at Tujunga Wash<br />
Example potential gateway near Downtown
Q & A<br />
Contact:<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> Councilmember Ed Reyes<br />
213-473-7001<br />
Jill.Sourial@lacity.org<br />
Planning Department<br />
Claire.Bowin@lacity.org
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