Monthly Archives: October 2015
Metro Art Presents: Downtown Los Angelesland
Looking for a fun event tonight in Downtown LA? Well, look no further, because Metro has you covered! Tonight at 7:00, join Ambassador of America, Charles Phoenix, for a free presentation which explores DTLA’s historic landmarks, attractions and treasures. The event will be held in the Historic Ticketing Hall of Union Station. Bring a friend, […]
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension to Open March 5, 2016
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington announced on Thursday that Phase 1 of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project will officially open to the public on Saturday, March 5, 2016. This will be the first rail line funded and built with the 2008 Measure R countywide sales tax. The Gold Line Extension will extend nearly […]
Metro to Harassers: “It’s Off Limits”
Metro, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the community organization Peace Over Violence (POV), announced last week that its doubling down their efforts to thwart sexual harassment on the bus and rail system. Last spring, Metro rolled out the initial phase of the “It’s Off Limits” campaign. Metro’s semi-annual Customer […]
Figueroa St. in NELA Needs a Road Diet
My first weekend living in Northeast Los Angeles, I was one of the featured storytellers at BUSted, which was making its NELA debut at Future Studio Gallery in Highland Park. Everyone at the gallery was abuzz about a hit and run accident that happened right outside the night before. Irma Yolanda Espinoza-Lugo was in the […]
Check out East LA Interchange at NUFF 2015
This week kicks off the 3rd annual New Urbanism Film Festival in Los Angeles. NUFF will feature films and performances about urban design, architecture, bicycling, transit,and health. I am really looking forward to the documentary, East LA Interchange. Boyle Heights is one of LA’s most storied neighborhoods with a rich history of cultural diversity. Betsy […]
NELA Welcomes Me Home
This month marks what would be my sixth year living in the same apartment building in Koreatown–would. As I mentioned previously, I moved to Northeast Los Angeles a few weeks ago. It was a spontaneous move, but it was the right one. I lived in a 1930’s block apartment off of 3rd and Normandie. It […]
Hoff The Beaten Path 
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