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October 20, 2005
L.A.'s smelly ditch: refloating the Los Angeles River
One of L.A.'s boldest locations, the cement-lined Los Angeles River, described by Wim Wenders this way—"Landscapes tell stories, and the Los Angeles River tells a story of violence and danger"—is to become a river of dreams, writes the Telegraph's Catherine Elsworth. Elsworth writes that it's "a vast cement gutter so bleak that its major claim to fame is playing urban wastelands in Hollywood films...
Now a multi-million dollar project aims to transform the channel into a river the city can be proud of; a tranquil oasis lined by cafes, public parks and bicycle paths... Funded by £1.6 million from the city's Department of Water and Power, the 18-month research project will canvass public opinion at more than 18 meetings before a 20-year blueprint for the river is drawn up." Of its earlier incarnations, "William Mulholland, the city's famous water engineer, described it as "a beautiful limpid little stream with willows on its banks". [More backstory at the link; the pic's from John Boorman's great Point Blank.]
Posted by pride at October 20, 2005 01:17 PM
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