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Northeast L.A. Riverfront

The NELA Riverfront District Vision and Economic Development Plan was the result of community engagement activities that were aimed at celebrating Northeast Los Angeles’ riverfront neighborhoods: Atwater Village, Cypress Park, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park and Lincoln Heights. From 2013 to 2014, the Plan documented ideas from the community with the goal of improving the NELA Riverfront area and giving recommendations to deliver those improvements to the L.A. River and its surrounding Northeast Los Angeles riverfront neighborhoods. Download the Vision Plan (93.6 MB)

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Placemaking Design Competition submission: This "NELA-wide" wayfinding project proposes to enhance activities of the NELA riverfront by developing and implementing a shared identity for the NELA LA Riverfront.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: The project aims to transform the commonly barren planter strips in front of most houses in Elysian Valley into useable areas for food production using a series of planting structures.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: Imagine live projection painting on a grand scale, on site in the natural and man-made amphitheaters along the Los Angeles River to re-interpret the local histories of NELA communities.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: The Fig/26 River Intersection Pilot Project is a proposal to enhance the existing intersection at Figueroa Street and Avenue 26 to create a safer environment for pedestrians.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: We use the NE side of the river bike path to get everywhere, but it's not a complete loop, we have to hop off under the Fletcher AND Glendale streets and go under scary, unlit bridges.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: Downey Recreation Center will be transformed as one of the rivers bicycle hubs, supplying transportation, leisure and a place for social interaction.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: By removing the later sections a piece of history will breath, revealing new vistas on the Arroyo Seco and Figueroa St. From the archways facing the river.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: A project to convert a vacant lot in Cypress Park featuring local native plants and an interactive pyramid inspired by Chichén Itzá.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: LAND proposes a site-specific public art installation by Los Angeles-based artist Lita Albuquerque spread along the entirety of the NELA riverfront.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: Our proposed development would replace several structures (along the L.A. River) with two stories of stacked re-purposed shipping containers to create a small development of indoor and outdoor spaces.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: Occidental College will partner with the LADOT Bike Program and C.I.C.L.E. to establish a bicycle-friendly business district along the NELA RC project area corridors.
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Placemaking Design Competition submission: This "site level" project proposes to enhance the existing "Los Angeles River Elysian Valley Gateway Park" located at the end of Knox Avenue in Elysian Valley with two critical improvements.
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