{"id":29093,"date":"2021-02-09T17:18:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29093"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:18:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:18:39","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-special-interest-sector-news-pick-of-the-week-la-times-dezeen-on-frank-gehrys-la-river-upgrade-and-atonement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29093","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR \u2018Special Interest Sector News\u2019 pick of the week: LA times & Dezeen on Frank Gehry\u2019s LA River upgrade\u2026 and atonement?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"logo\"<\/a>The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition<\/a> quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em>, with news from across the development sector, and this week features the LA Times<\/em>\u2019 on Frank Gehry\u2019s plans for \u2018an urban cultural park like no other\u2019.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 many of these neighborhoods suffer disproportionately higher rates of infection from COVID-19\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 environmental groups, would prefer to see naturalization of the river\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 Southeast L.A. deserves parks and trails, education\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Louis Sahagun in The Los Angeles Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

…In the decades since engineers first blanketed the Los Angeles River with concrete, working-class communities along its armored banks have struggled with blight, poverty and crowding \u2014 unintended consequences perhaps of an epic bid to control Mother Nature.<\/p>\n

Now, as many of these neighborhoods suffer disproportionately higher rates of infection from COVID-19 \u2014 and as the nation seeks to atone for racial and institutional injustices laid bare in the police killing of George Floyd \u2014 famed architect Frank Gehry has unveiled a bold plan to transform the river into more than just a concrete flood channel and establish it as an unprecedented system of open space….<\/p>\n

For more than half a century, Gehry has been better known for sketching ideas that became flashy cultural and commercial landmarks, such as the dazzling Walt Disney Concert Hall, whose tilting forms have reinforced Los Angeles\u2019 place among the world\u2019s great urban centers….<\/p>\n

Critics, including some influential environmental groups, would prefer to see naturalization of the river itself….<\/p>\n

[Gehry] plans to transform the forlorn industrial confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Rio Hondo in South Gate into an urban cultural park like no other….<\/p>\n

“Revitalizing the river south of downtown offers our southeast communities an opportunity to rebuild our connections, to the river and each other,\u2019 said Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), whose 63rd Assembly District includes South Gate, Bell 2and Long Beach.”<\/p>\n

Southeast L.A. deserves parks and trails, education and cultural centers,\u2019 he added. \u2018Equity comes when every community has access to the tools to make life better.”….<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

For more background see Dezeen<\/a><\/p>\n

To find out more on HESPR see our \u2019Find Services’<\/a> or explore our ‘Join HESPR’<\/a> sections.<\/p>\n

See more IHBC and HESPR news on IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026 free promotion of your tendering opportunities\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\"HESPR<\/a>Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/u><\/em>, including a targeted email to 2000+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.18,000) and websites with c. 290,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts\u2019, with news from across the development sector, and this week features the LA … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29094,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions\/29094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}