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Old 05-05-2014, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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The LA River:
Demo the railyard for a park?
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Old 05-05-2014, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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Contrary, conscmary, the op stated "basin", nothing about flatlands.
Agaain, The Los Angeles basin consist of the entire city, and in fact if you listen to local tv, even the inland empire is considered the basin.
You need to get your facts straight.

Bob.
I do watch local news. I know the OP referred to the LA basin incorrectly.

The point if the thread is not to argue semantics, why can't you just participate in the thread as it was intended?
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Old 05-05-2014, 04:09 PM
 
Location: CITY OF ANGELS AND CONSTANT DANGER
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any of the industrial sections of LA. Vernon? SLAIT? but that might be unfeasible given the toxic state of the ground.
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Old 05-05-2014, 04:14 PM
 
Location: CITY OF ANGELS AND CONSTANT DANGER
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oh and the physical center of the LA basin (sand bowl) is somewhere in south gate.
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Old 05-05-2014, 06:42 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Contrary, conscmary, the op stated "basin", nothing about flatlands.
Agaain, The Los Angeles basin consist of the entire city, and in fact if you listen to local tv, even the inland empire is considered the basin.
You need to get your facts straight.

Bob.
Ok, in your terms, flatlands.

LA Basin is called that because it is a sedimentary basin--it is equivalent to the flatlands as by definition it would be the depression the mountains and hills surround and not including the mountain and hills. However, I understand that actual geological definitions aren't going to be aligned with popular usage. So, for you, flatlands.

I like the idea of converting golf courses into parklands. Has that happened in LA county in the past?

Kenneth Hahn State Park is interesting. I wonder when that oilfield it's next to is projected to be unprofitable--I can see that being a potentially massive expansion for the park. Not quite the same as a big park with adjacent neighborhoods walking right into it, but seems like it could be pretty great.
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Old 05-05-2014, 06:45 PM
 
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any of the industrial sections of LA. Vernon? SLAIT? but that might be unfeasible given the toxic state of the ground.
Vernon is part of the L.A. River bike trail, so that would tie to the river park upthread. There are also toxin absorbing plants that could help remediate polluted sites in advance of a full development.
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Old 05-06-2014, 07:05 PM
 
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IMO it makes more sense to have the naturally-occurring hillside reserves/parks than creating man-made grass patches that have to pumped full of water just to survive. A giant park in the basin would be nice, but making one would not be eco-frendly, IMO. (Irony!)

Except I'd be all for turning that waste-of-space golf course in Hancock Park into an actual...Hancock Park. Since it's already there, might as well make it useful for everyone and not just the old rich geezers.
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Old 05-06-2014, 07:35 PM
 
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The closest we have is Kenneth Hahn park.
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Old 05-06-2014, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Salinas, CA
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I do watch local news. I know the OP referred to the LA basin incorrectly.

The point if the thread is not to argue semantics, why can't you just participate in the thread as it was intended?
There is a compromise that could settle this matter. In Colorado they legalized marijuana and many people there now actually think some of the parks in the foothills of the Rockies are on flat land. LA residents could have this same perception in Griffith Park if it is legalized in California.
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