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CD1’s Gil Cedillo gets the pool party started. The new aquatic complex is ADA-compliant.Lincoln Heights Beats the HeatAs summer temperatures spike, 9,000 squarefeetof water shimmer like a mirage in thetriple-digit heat. But Lincoln Park’s new aquaticcomplex is very real and, after 10 years without apublic pool, very welcome. A 4,300-square-footbathhouse, 1,600-square-foot splash pad andother amenities flank the plunge.The original Lincoln Heights pool was builtin 1951 and closed in 2009. Calls for a replacementgrew louder as summers grew hotter, butfunding was elusive. The complex eventuallycost about $11 million, including nearly $5 millionfrom the Obama Administration and additionalL.A. County funds.“You are worth every penny of it,” CouncilmemberGil Cedillo told scores of cheering kidsready for an opening-day swim. “It was worth itbecause it’s for generations of our young people.You are our future. Our job is to give you the bestso you can live the best lives. Promise kept!”The decibel level peaked when Cedillo announcedthat the pool would operate all year.The aquatic complex meets all Americans withDisabilities Act requirements, from the dressingrooms, bathrooms and showers to hoists at bothends of the pool that allow caretakers to lowerswimmers with special needs into the water.“That type of access tells my students thatthey are truly welcome,” said Dr. John Menchacaof El Arca, a nearby nonprofit that serves peoplewith developmental disabilities.Swim L.A. is offering free adult and children’sswim lessons at Lincoln Park and otherCity pools. Programs also include water polo,swimming, diving and artistic swimming, lapswimming and water aerobics.Tails Wag inGlassell ParkNearly 7,500 pet lovers attended the third annualGlassell Bark! (and Meow). Local realtorBrian Fitzburgh, seen below with singer-songwriterPiper Madison, created the festival with a blockpartyvibe and a pet rescue’s passion.This year, Animal Services micro-chipped 72pets for free and gave out 88 vouchers for freespaying or neutering, and participants adopted 30dogs, 10 cats and two guinea pigs.8CLEAN COMMUNITIESHeather McLarty hammers out each award in her Sycamore Grove tepee.Photos by Lisa WeingartenAward…Continued from page 4mallet and a pen.McLarty and her husband, TroyEvans, bought their 1922 homefrom the original owner in 1996. Shewanted to work outside, but therewas no garage or outbuildings.Evans, who was raised in Montana,suggested a tepee.“It was meant to have a fireinside it,” she said. “Plains Indianslived in these during blizzards.”www.steelcrazy.biz
Building Bridges, Not BarriersThe Taylor Yard G2 River Park takesshape, with a no-car bridge to ElysianVillage and three proposals fordeveloping NELA’s “beach.”City crews broke ground in June on a steelspan over the L.A. River for cyclists and pedestrians.The Taylor Yard-Elysian Village link willextend the river bike-path and make the walk toSotomayor Learning Center safer for students wholive on the south bank.“Communities that are connected surviveand thrive,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said during thegroundbreaking.The bridge will be 400 feet long, 27 feet wide,30 feet tall, and appear to float about 30 feetabove the riverbed. That graceful illusion is backedup by 400 tons of steel and 60-foot anchors. It isscheduled to open in two years.Although emergency vehicles will have access,the Taylor Yard span is one of several no-car bridgescurrently under construction along the river.The City has been cleaning up the 42-acreparcel since it bought Taylor Yard, a railroad maintenanceyard since the 1930s, in 2017. Metrolinkagreed to pay for the $21-million bridge.In July, City planners laid out three possibledesigns for the park. “Island,” “Soft Edge” and“The Yards” would feature different park amenitiesand activities, but all are aimed at restoring naturalhabitat, developing flood-control strategies, and allowingvisitors to get as near as possible to the river.The mix of proposed kayak-rentals and cafes,research labs and viewing decks, ranger stationsand campgrounds, amphitheaters and meadowsreflects public feedback last year in an online surveyand in two CD1 community meetings.www.tayloryardg2.comStudio Pali Fekete Architects designed a graceful 400-ton, 400-foot-long bridge. Renderings by SPF:a.Thousands Join30th Annual L.A.River CleanupThe Friends of the L.A. River celebrated its30th anniversary by raising the bar for urbanwaterways – again. During three weekends inApril, about 6,000 FOLAR volunteers scoured 11riverfront sites from San Fernando Valley headwatersto the Long Beach shore, including a largeturnout for CD1’s Bowtie Parcel. All told, theyfilled 15 dumpsters, bagged 100 tons of trash andraised about $30,000 for ongoing river restoration.It is the largest river cleanup in the U.S.In June, the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency announced $1.1 million in funds to helpclean up several local “brownfields,” including$500,000 for Taylor Yard, a former railroad maintenanceyard contaminated with metals, arsenic andvarious volatile organic compounds.Something to Chew On1Voice is available at dozens of restaurants, coffee housesand markets across CD1, from Everytable in University Park toKitchen Mouse in Highland Park. That’s food for thought!Antigua Coffee3400 N. Figueroa St., 90065Lemon Poppy Kitchen3324 Verdugo Road, 90065La Esquina Market3301 Division St., 90065Café de Leche5000 York Bl., 90042Coco’s6040 York Bl., 90042Kitchen Mouse5904 N. Figueroa St., 90042Antigua Bread5703 N. Figueroa St., 90042La Monarca5833 N. Figueroa St., 90042Civil Coffee5639 N. Figueroa St., 90042La Tropicana5200 Monte Vista St., 90042Highland Café5010 York Bl., 90042Barbara’s at the Brewery620 Moulton Ave., 90031B Twentyfour Coffee2223 N. Broadway, 90031Heights Deli & Bottle2927 N. Broadway, 90031Homegirl Café130 Bruno St., 90012Chimney Coffee1100 N. Main St., 90012Everytable1101 W. 23rd St., 90007With Love1969 S. Vermont Ave., 90007ENVIRONMENT 9Texis2813 W. Pico Bl., 90006La 271830 W. Pico Bl., 90006Father Greg Boyle picks up his copyat Homegirl Cafe.
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