Model building at LA Fiesta Broadway
The Latino Urban Forum and Urban Planning students from Cal Poly Pomona hosted a booth at the annual Fiesta Broadway on Sunday, April 29th. LA Fiesta provides families a fun free experience with music, food, and entertainment on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, in honor of May 5, the important date in 1862 when Mexican Troops defeated the French army in a pivotal battle at Puebla, Mexico. The annual Cinco de Mayo event adopted the theme "Fiesta Goes Green" in support of making Los Angeles a greener, cleaner, healthier, and safer place to live, work and play. LUF, Northeast Trees, Heal the Bay, Tree People, LA's Million Trees program and others environmental organizations provided participants with trees, information and fun.
LUF gave out information about urban planning, and hosted a model building installation. The model building was a success as hundreds of kids and adults stopped by and created their urban dreams! Check out the pictures by clicking on the image above
LATINO URBAN FORUM
2004 PROJECTS
EAST LOS ANGELES HISTORICAL SOCIETY (PROPOSED)
Los Angeles’s Eastside Communities have a rich physical and social history that has helped in the development of Los Angeles. There is a strong need to preserve the built environment and social history of the Eastside Communities before it disappears. The East Los Angeles Historical Society (ELAS) mission is to preserve the heritage of Los Angeles’ East Side Communities through education, advocacy and preservation projects for the benefit of present and future generations.
LATINO VISIONS EXHIBITION October 2004
The Latino Visions Exhibition will explore the works of recent Latino graduates from Los Angeles’ major schools of architecture. Latinos bring a new perspective to US architecture and are reshaping the region “house by house” and from this dynamic process springs a new generation of architectural students. Latino students combine their formal architecture training with the cultural values on the built form. Through this exhibition, recent Latino graduates will display their work in a gallery giving their work much needed exposure in the community and to potential employers. The Los Angeles area has the highest concentration of Latinos in the US as well as one of the highest enrollments of Latinos in architecture schools. The Latino Visions Exhibition will harness this new architecture sensibility in an exhibition that brings together the best Latino talent from LA’s five schools of architecture. In addition, this exhibition will highlight and celebrate LA’s distinct style and architecture relevance.
EVERGREEN CEMETERY JOGGING.
Hundreds of ELA residents from all ages jog or walk around the 1.5 mile sidewalk around the Evergreen Cemetery. This path serves as a multi-functional open recreational space, public right of way, and urban green space. The Evergreen Jogging path serves as a public space of community pride, promoting social interaction, creating neighborhood goodwill, and encouraging good health.
SAVE OUR GARDEN CAMPAIGN
LUF has been active in helping the South Central Farmers save their 14- acre farm from being closed.
SAVE ELEPHANT HILL
SHE is a campaign to prevent development of 24 luxury homes in the northeast corner of the 110-acre open space area known as Elephant Hills (also known as the Heavens) in El Sereno.
NORTHEAST LA OPEN SPACE AND PARKS COALITION
Because of rising housing prices development of the Northeast LA hillsides seems evident. Many residents for Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and Glassell Park are would like keep this hillside parcels open and public. Therefore the idea of a Northeast Coalition would be a great way to unify the area under one cause.
