Reclaiming the Right-of-Way Evaluation Report: An Assessment of the Spring Street Parklets

Report
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris | Madeline Brozen
August 2013

Following the first parklet installation in San Francisco in 2010, cities across the United States and Canada have started installing parklets at an ever-increasing rate. Curbside parklet installation in Los Angeles began in September 2011, when the City Council instructed the Planning Department in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Works to assist with the implementation of parklet Introduction demonstration projects currently under consideration.
This study seeks to examine a variety of different effects of the two Downtown Los Angeles parklets on their surrounding neighborhood. The scope of this analysis is limited to Spring Street between 6th and 7th streets, referred to as the 600 block of Spring.