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Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Meeting Park Needs Through Mobile Recreation

May 26, 2019 By Clement Lau

screenshot NYC parks mobile rec vans programHave you heard of mobile recreation?  Essentially, this is the idea of bringing recreational resources to communities, especially those that lack parks.  UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris was perhaps ahead of her time when she said in 1995 that “the ever-changing urban form and social ecology of neighborhoods calls for a flexible rather than rigid park design and for spatial layouts that can be easily changed in response to future needs… One can even think of mobile parks-spaces whose equipment and furniture can be transported to other parts of the city if the need arises.” [Read more…] about Meeting Park Needs Through Mobile Recreation

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Parks & Recreation Facilities, Planning Tagged With: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, mobile recreation, mobile recreation vans, NYC Parks, underserved communities

Public and Private Open Space in Los Angeles

March 28, 2012 By Clement Lau

Staples Center LA Live by Steve Jurvetson, Wikimedia CommonsAs a park planner, I am interested in just about any discussion and presentation on parks and open space.  Last week, I attended an event hosted by APA LA called “Public and Open Space in Los Angeles” which featured Sam Gennawey and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris.  Gennawey, a planner and theme park and attractions industry expert, is the author of the recently released book Walt and the Promise of Progress City. Loukaitou-Sideris is Associate Dean of UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and a professor of urban planning.  Her research focuses on the public environment of the city, its physical representation, aesthetics, social meaning and impact on urban residents. [Read more…] about Public and Private Open Space in Los Angeles

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning, Review Tagged With: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, L.A. Live, Los Angeles, Loukaitou-Sideris, MacArthur Park, open space, parks, Sam Gennawey, Staples Center, Walt and the Promise of Progress City

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