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enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/artic - Reset the traffic lights to cater to pedestrians and cyclists, not cars
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Closed off Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley in solidarity with the Save the Anthropology Library folks and hosted a amazing block party! Thank you to all of the transit advocates, students, community members, & party people for showing up!
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We closed off car travel and it’s a party on Telegraph for Cal Day!
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Wow, Chicago. Millennium Park Teen Curfew Will Be Enforced After Youth Gatherings Downtown Turned Violent, Police Say
Covina to Build Skate Park Designed by Local Skaters… Using Clay la.streetsblog.org/2023/04/18/cov via
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enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/artic - Train to San Diego back on track next week
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Alhambra Walk & Talk Tour on March 19 (Before Zoning Public Hearings)
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I missed this several weeks ago, but the incredible stopped by our Participation + Engagement class to discuss (and show!) facilitation for healing and collaboration. We also got to trial his Place-It model. It was an incredibly inspiring day!
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At with and his new book DREAM PLAY BUILD encouraging community engagement for planning people centered parks and safe streets at Ted Watkins Memorial Park. #CicLAvia #OpenStreets #StreetsForPeople
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Raised in East L.A., urban planner has been a pioneer in the study of Latino Urbanism, the ways in which Latinos mold “hostile auto-centric streets” into “sensory-rich urban places.” lat.ms/3O13Whr
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enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/artic - Berkeley could ban right turns on red
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I also thought that LA's Greyhound bus should be at Union Station.
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Nobody seemed to notice this, but I did - @GreyhoundBus has officially closed its station on 1716 E 7th St in Los Angeles, in a now gentrified Arts District, and has moved to the LA Union Station bus plaza, bay 8.
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I meet Mike Davis in 1992 when I took his seminar at SCI-Arch. I handed him my freshly written thesis on how Latinos use space in East Los Angeles. He loved it and said it was LA's 5th Ecology.
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Damn looks like Telegraph is pretty underutilized by drivers, maybe it's time to give the space to people who will actually use it
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Intergrating nature with light rail stations, creates diverse shade opportunities and attracks birds. This station is so cool, comfortable and relaxing dispite the heat. @kamperpants
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Great Latino urbanism article by . #MikeDavis has always been a supporter of this way of living. Josh interviews Mike for the article.
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RIP #mikedavis My one and only interview with him was for this article for @planetizen , many years ago. Glad I got the chance. h/t to @JamesRojas
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#Losangeles #urbanplanning
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Mike Davis was one of first people in LA to acknowledge my thesis on Latino use space back in 1992 when I took his seminar at Sci-Arch on Jefferson. Since than we have been friends.
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Mike Davis: 1946–2022 thenation.com/article/politi
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Exploring Ideas Together: A Hands and Hearts Approach to Meaningful Community Engagement
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In less than 10 minutes , and others created thier ideal by capturing the engergy that CAL students bring to the street. @kamperpants
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Every day on Gold Line. Freebasing within a few feet of babies in strollers. 
they were friendly to me when I boarded while they leafed through a binder of drawings. Then four stops later using the torch to light up.
they were friendly to me when I boarded while they leafed through a binder of drawings. Then four stops later using the torch to light up.
We taught CAL students how to channel their favorite mobility memories into walkable solutions for Telegraph. @kamperpants
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William Leiper's Victorian Gothic factory of 1892 for James Templeton was modelled on the Doge's palace in Venice. Templeton was told that any factory at such a prominent spot must enhance the area. I think Leiper met the brief.
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Our role is to shift public perception, attitudes, and behaviors that accept traffic deaths as an acceptable outcome of the transportation system through sensory based community engagement. #PlaceIt
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Case in point, downtown Las Cruces pedestrian mall. Just made it feel sad.
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Horrible Idea. I have seen these awning from the 1960 buildings and they never work.
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They're just renders but I've never seen an apartment block that looks like this. The louvers and massive canopies are great but I'm guessing it only costs $145,000 per unit because there isn't any insulation or HVAC — which means it would only be safe near the ocean, not inland
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At MIT us Chicanos were the dark ones compared to the light skinned Mexicans from Mexico. The skin divide was very apparent. Mechttp://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=4d25bf90-eacd-431a-aa5c-86e9688aef0f - Mexico's racial reckoning
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