The Los Angeles River is quite different from the typical image we get when thinking about a river. It is generally dry during the summer and fall and has heavy flows during the rainy and wet seasons. The floods of this river have killed more people in LA than from earthquakes. The daunting 100 year [...]
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The Los Angeles River
Posted in Green and Recreational Space, Water, tagged Green, Los Angeles, Recreation, River, trails on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Early Landscape of the San Fernando Valley
Posted in Green and Recreational Space, tagged development, green space, landscape, San Fernando Valley on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
San Fernando Valley View from Griffith Park The San Fernando Valley is about 500 square miles of Southern California. Initially it was a flat region with parts existing under sea level. Millions of years of plate tectonics shifted and encircled the region with the San Gabriel, Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains. The San Fernando [...]
Re-Green the Valley Scene
Posted in Green and Recreational Space on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A quick look into the environmental history of the San Fernando Valley will show you the amazing changes it has undergone. In its American history it went from a land filled with farms, to industries, and then homes. Most importantly, the Valley transitioned from an area that was green and open, to one used as [...]
Vegetables Are Not the Only Greens We Need
Posted in Green and Recreational Space, Uncategorized on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The population in Los Angeles is expected to increase by 2 million by 2012, and since Los Angeles residents are already in need of open space and recreational areas in high density, low-income neighborhoods, there is no way to accommodate the expected growth unless action is taken. This is why the Trust for Public land [...]
