How to make sure the L.A. River Master Plan fulfills its promise to the Gateway Cities

An ambitious new Los Angeles River Master Plan, available for public comment until March 14, promises big changes all along the waterway’s 51 miles — nowhere more so than in the Gateway Cities, at the river’s confluence with the Rio Hondo southeast of downtown.

This part of the river’s renewal centers on a Frank Gehry-designed set of elevated platform parks over the rivers and a $150-million cultural center on the riverbank.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.

Cynthia Hirschhornurban planning, equity, civic space, Los Angeles