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A Walk to the Park

March 18, 2019 By Clement Lau

Crosswalk signal button“That’s a walk in the park!”  Most of us are familiar with this expression which is used to describe something that is very easy to do.  Ironically, a walk to a park may actually not be a walk in the park for a variety of reasons.  For example, there may not be a park within walking distance (typically defined as a half-mile) from one’s home.  There may also be physical and social barriers that often make walking to parks challenging and undesirable, such as a lack of infrastructure like sidewalks and crosswalks, traffic safety concerns like speeding vehicles, and crime issue like the presence of gangs. [Read more…] about A Walk to the Park

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Parks & Recreation Facilities, Planning, Transportation Tagged With: 10-Minute Walk Campaign, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Pedestrian Plan, National Recreation and Park Association, Safe Routes to Parks, Step by Step Pedestrian Plan, Trust for Public Land, Urban Land Institute, Vision Zero, Vision Zero Action Plan

Talking about the D-Word: Density in Los Angeles

November 25, 2013 By Clement Lau

Downtown Los Angeles ConstructionDensity is often referred to as the “D-Word” in urban planning and development circles because it can be so controversial and misunderstood.  [Read more…] about Talking about the D-Word: Density in Los Angeles

Filed Under: Design, Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning, Professional Development, Projects, Review Tagged With: Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, apartments, Culver City, density, Downtown Los Angeles, Eleve, ELEVE Lofts and Skydeck, Expo Line, Glendale, housing, Los Angeles, micro-unit, Park La Brea, Platform, Santa Monica, transit oriented development, ULI, ULI-LA, Urban Land Institute

Baseball, Hotdogs, and Urban Planning

October 2, 2013 By Clement Lau

Dodger Stadium baseballWhat do baseball, hotdogs, and urban planning have in common?  Well, these three words essentially summarize my experience last Wednesday when I attended Urban Land Institute Los Angeles (ULI-LA)’s Membership Social at Dodger Stadium.  [Read more…] about Baseball, Hotdogs, and Urban Planning

Filed Under: Design, Feature Posts, Historic, Los Angeles, Planning, Projects Tagged With: Chavez Ravine, Dodger Stadium, Dodgers, hotdogs, Janet Marie Smith, Los Angeles, ULI, Urban Land Institute

A Hospital Near You?

June 9, 2012 By Clement Lau

In deciding where to live, most parents typically consider the quality and proximity of amenities like schools and parks in the neighborhood.  But what about hospitals – how important is it to have a good hospital near one’s home?  In their book The City Parent Handbook , authors Kathy Bishop and Julia Whitehead explain why hospitals with pediatric emergency departments are absolutely critical and tell parents that they must know where the closest ones are.  [Read more…] about A Hospital Near You?

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Los Angeles, News, Projects Tagged With: 1885-2010: A Tradition of Caring, A History of Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David L. Clark, Good Samaritan Hospital, HOK, Hospitals, Julia Whitehead, Kathy Bishop, Millie and Severson, The City Parent Handbook, Urban Land Institute, Ware Malcomb

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