Park Stories 2023

Spread across his canvas were a mixture of purples and orange, the beginning of his recreation of the park’s view of downtown Los Angeles. Read More

It’s important to be connected to the earth and be able to experience that regardless of your background. Read More

This is actually a park I frequent and walk everyday to. I think it’s a place for everybody to just be themselves. It’s such a candid place, you never feel judged at a park, you’re free to do what you please. Read More

It is important to protect public parks because in a world where everything is always trending away from nature, preserving little bits of greenery in our urban area is a commitment to not wiping out the planet as we know it. Read More

In a day and age where we have things like cell phones and social media, it has become even more important to show our daughter that there’s more to life, like going to parks, spending time with family and just having quality time with people interaction. It connects her to the environment where we live. Read More

LA suffers from not having enough third places, something that is not your home or work. Public parks are third places that provide a space to mingle with others you may not encounter otherwise… Read More

This park makes me feel connected to LA because first of all you’re able to see the city very clearly. Second, it’s the different types of people here, you’ll see families, couples and people enjoying solitude, so I think that’s what LA is all about, a space for everyone, right? Read More

It’s great to live in a city and have all the elements of city life. It’s also great to have this open space to call our own, with all its vastness, sloping trails, beautiful growing trees and its year round perks. Since the park has been opened it has made living in the city worthwhile. Read More

It’s been a time in my life with a lot of changes. A lot of worrying about people’s health, and what I’m doing with my life, and what I should be doing? So that’s why it was really nice to look up at the sky and just worry about who’s kite I was going to be bumping into, and how I’d try to avoid the tangle, and then how I’d detangle. Read More

Bo likes to go up to every person whether or not they have a dog with them. I’ve ended up playing football with folks and throwing frisbee with some random people, all because of Bo’s curiosity. We even plan on having his second doggy birthday here with all of his puppy friends he made at other parks around Los Angeles. Read More