Next month, CicLAvia is scheduled to return for its penultimate event of 2023. And with no hurricane in the forecast, it will probably be happening!
Route for the October 15 CicLAvia eventCicLAvia
The Heart of LA event, which is being presented by Metro, will occur on Sunday, October 15 from 9 am to 4 pm. Check out the Downtown core, including Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Historic Core, and South Park, then jog over to Boyle Heights via the 6th Street Viaduct. Altogether, there will be 7.8 miles of car-free streets to enjoy.
In case you've forgotten, CicLAvia is for people-powered vehicles only. That means no electric scooters, electric skateboards, hoverboards, electric unicycles, or motocycles. If you're on a Class 1 e-bike pedal-assist or a Class 2 e-bike with the throttle powered off, you're okay. Likewise, Class 3 e-bikes are allowed when pedal-assist is powered off, as are motorized wheelchairs. Learn more here.
Click here for more on the Heart of LA event: https://www.ciclavia.org/heart_of_la23
View of the U.S. Bank TowerSilverstein Properties
Five months after completing its $60-million renovation of the U.S. Bank Tower, Silverstein Properties continues to bring new tenants to the landmark Downtown skyscraper.
This week, Silverstein announced that Akerman, LLP has has signed a 13,306-square-foot lease for the entire 64th floor of the tower. The law firm will relocate from a space in the adjacent CalEdison Building. Additionally, Continental Casualty Company is moving from 100 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica to the U.S. Bank Tower, signing a ten-year, 6,084-square-foot lease. Rounding out the announcement, insurance brokerage Sompo International is moving to the 51st floor of the tower, occupying 20,582 square feet over a 10-year lease.
Ten companies have signed large leases at the building within the past 12 months, according to Silverstein.
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NGLmitú, a digital media and entertainment firm which produces content oriented toward the Latino market, is launching mitúStudios, an approximately 14,000-square-foot studio space 4466 Worth Street in Lincoln Heights. The new facility includes five permanent set and three semi-permanent sets, as well as production equipment and other services. It will be used for the production of shows such as Girl, Let Me Tell You and 3G’s, as well as other other new programs.
Here's what we're reading this week:
Wayne Ratkovich, developer who saved some of L.A.’s best-known architectural gems, dies at 82. Ratkovich restored numerous landmark properties across Los Angeles County, including the Fine Arts Building and the Oviatt Building in Downtown, a former Howard Hughes facility in Playa Vista, and the Wiltern Theatre in Koreatown. The Ratkovich Company is currently in the midst of construction of The West Harbor, a $155-million retail and entertainment complex in San Pedro. (LA Times)
A Metrolink train along the bank of the Los Angeles RiverWikimedia Commons
LA County Promises 3,000 New Mental Health Treatment Beds for Unhoused People To End Lawsuit "The proposed lawsuit settlement — filed Monday — calls for the new beds to come online in annual phases, starting with 600 by the end of the year and ultimately reaching 3,000 by the end of 2026." (LAist)
Eyes on the Station: Metro Fortified Turnstiles at MacArthur Park Station "Metro fortified turnstile entrances at MacArthur Park in order to curb fare-evading riders; sometimes this has adverse impacts on fare-paying riders" (Streetsblog LA)
The C-Line extension route decision, expected in October, has been postponed "At the request of L.A. County Supervisor and Metro board member Holly Mitchell, that vote will not go to the board as scheduled, Metro announced. Instead, Mitchell wants to hold more community meetings and learn more about the options for the project firsthand. No new board date was announced." (Daily Breeze)
Project overview for C Line extension to TorranceMetro
Opinion: Can’t afford a house in L.A.? Here’s how that happened (LA Times) "In the 1950s and 1960s, buying a single-family home in Los Angeles was an attainable prospect. The GI Bill and the Federal Housing Authority helped with loans and mortgage dollars (albeit primarily for white families). And home building was on a tear, thanks to the region’s pro-development political climate....By the 1970s, however, a cascade of factors — local to global — changed the equation." (LA Times)
In Tree-Starved Koreatown, More Greenery On Its Way "To date, Koreatown Youth + Community Center has raised more than $600,000 as part of its plan to speed up the rate of tree planting in the neighborhood, most of the money so far coming from a K-Pop impresario who’s made L.A. his second home." (LAist)
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