Urban Parklands The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority is the leader in providing nature parks in urban areas of Southern California and one of the principal agencies working towards reviatlization of the Los Angeles River.
Featured Projects and Publications
Future MRCA Urban Parklands Little Parks, Big Impact Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Blog Vista Hermosa Natural Park "Vista Hermosa Park is an L.A. park like no other" Los Angeles Times “Mitigating Past Inequities” Landscape Architecture Magazine “Vista Hermosa Park Opens Downtown" Los Angeles Times “New Downtown Park Is a Triumph” Los Angeles Downtown News Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park “The Wilds of South Central” Landscape Architecture Magazine Los Angeles River Center and Gardens River Garden Park “Abstract and Concrete” Landscape Architecture Magazine Tujunga Wash Greenway Restoration Project "Tujunga Wash Project Creates More Recreation Space While Saving Water" Los Angeles Times Compton Creek Trail and Bike Path "Washington Elementary Students Head Off For Camp" The Compton Bulletin
Future MRCA Urban Parklands Little Parks, Big Impact Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Blog
Vista Hermosa Natural Park "Vista Hermosa Park is an L.A. park like no other" Los Angeles Times “Mitigating Past Inequities” Landscape Architecture Magazine “Vista Hermosa Park Opens Downtown" Los Angeles Times “New Downtown Park Is a Triumph” Los Angeles Downtown News Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park “The Wilds of South Central” Landscape Architecture Magazine Los Angeles River Center and Gardens River Garden Park “Abstract and Concrete” Landscape Architecture Magazine Tujunga Wash Greenway Restoration Project "Tujunga Wash Project Creates More Recreation Space While Saving Water" Los Angeles Times Compton Creek Trail and Bike Path "Washington Elementary Students Head Off For Camp" The Compton Bulletin
Los Angeles River Greenway Egret Park Elysian Valley Gateway Park "A Park a Day" LAist Rattlesnake Park Oso Park Steelhead Park "A Park a Day" LAist Los Angeles River Center and Gardens River Garden Park “Abstract and Concrete"Landscape Architecture Magazine; Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom Marsh Park "A Marriage of Recreation, Filtration," Associated Press Confluence Plaza Tujunga Wash Greenway Restoration Project Park Brochure "Tujunga Wash Project Creates More Recreation Space While Saving Water" Los Angeles Times "Tujunga Stream Restored" Los Angeles Daily News "Chipping Concrete, Finding Water"California Coast and Ocean Ballona Creek Trail and Bike Path Ballona Creek Trail and Bike Path Brochure Vista Hermosa Natural Park Vista Hermosa Park Brochure “Mitigating Past Inequities” Landscape Architecture Magazine 2009 Public Open Space award American Institute of Landscape Architects-Los Angeles, Presidential Awards "City Readies a Beautiful Vista" Los Angeles Downtown News “Roots of Learning,” Living Architecture Monitor “Vista Hermosa Park Opens Downtown" Living Architecture Monitor “New Downtown Park Is a Triumph”Los Angeles Downtown News Elyria Canyon Park "Elyria Canyon Park" KCET Departures Maywood Riverfront Park Bosque del Rio Hondo Alatorre-Eagle Rock Park Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park “The Wilds of South Central" Landscape Architecture Magazine Julia Ross Asmus Neighborhood Park Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Park Photo credit (second image): Lamb Studio ©2008
Los Angeles River Greenway Egret Park Elysian Valley Gateway Park "A Park a Day" LAist Rattlesnake Park Oso Park Steelhead Park "A Park a Day" LAist Los Angeles River Center and Gardens River Garden Park “Abstract and Concrete"Landscape Architecture Magazine; Richard Lillard Outdoor Classroom Marsh Park "A Marriage of Recreation, Filtration," Associated Press Confluence Plaza Tujunga Wash Greenway Restoration Project Park Brochure "Tujunga Wash Project Creates More Recreation Space While Saving Water" Los Angeles Times "Tujunga Stream Restored" Los Angeles Daily News "Chipping Concrete, Finding Water"California Coast and Ocean Ballona Creek Trail and Bike Path Ballona Creek Trail and Bike Path Brochure Vista Hermosa Natural Park Vista Hermosa Park Brochure “Mitigating Past Inequities” Landscape Architecture Magazine 2009 Public Open Space award American Institute of Landscape Architects-Los Angeles, Presidential Awards "City Readies a Beautiful Vista" Los Angeles Downtown News “Roots of Learning,” Living Architecture Monitor “Vista Hermosa Park Opens Downtown" Living Architecture Monitor “New Downtown Park Is a Triumph”Los Angeles Downtown News Elyria Canyon Park "Elyria Canyon Park" KCET Departures Maywood Riverfront Park Bosque del Rio Hondo
Alatorre-Eagle Rock Park
Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park “The Wilds of South Central" Landscape Architecture Magazine Julia Ross Asmus Neighborhood Park Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Park
Photo credit (second image): Lamb Studio ©2008
