Golden Years in Green: Enhancing MacArthur Park for Seniors
superadmin2025-06-25T06:02:21-07:00This study provides insights into MacArthur Park’s physical and social landscapes in pursuit of intergenerational public spaces.
Planning for Thai Town’s Future: Needs and Benefits of a Community Plan Implementation Overlay
superadmin2025-06-17T06:00:29-07:00With Los Angeles hosting multiple mega-events over the next three years, the community has been pushing for renewed investment in its community and economic resources.
Pathways to Increasing Park Access for Older Adults
superadmin2025-06-13T06:00:30-07:00This report provides insights into MacArthur Park’s physical and social landscapes in pursuit of intergenerational public spaces.
Brokering Belonging in Boyle Heights: Social Infrastructure in a Queer Salon
superadmin2025-06-13T06:00:31-07:00This thesis investigates how a queer and trans-led business in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, acts as a site of social infrastructure for low-income, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities.
Thai Town CPIO: Assessing the Needs and Benefits of a Community Plan Implementation Overlay
superadmin2025-06-07T06:02:22-07:00Prepared for the Thai Community Development Center, this report outlines the current need for a Community Plan Implementation Overlay and highlights benefits a specific plan can bring.
Reclaiming the Right-of-Way Evaluation Report: An Assessment of the Spring Street Parklets
angelawu2025-06-01T14:36:29-07:00Following 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. This study examines a variety of effects of two Downtown Los Angeles parklets on their surrounding neighborhood.
A New Way to Park on the Street: Evaluating the Spring Street Parklets in Downtown LA
angelawu2025-06-01T14:36:29-07:00Parklets are small public spaces created by converting parking spots into recreational areas for people. The city of Los Angeles installed its first parklets in early 2013, and this study seeks to examine the effect of these two parklets on their adjacent downtown community.
Parks for Seniors: Identifying Opportunity Sites in Los Angeles
angelawu2025-06-01T14:36:26-07:00Older adults are a highly underserved group in regards to parks, despite the fact that scholars have found a “healing effect” and promotion of one’s physical and emotional well-being when spending time in natural settings.
Placemaking for an Aging Population: Guidelines for Senior-Friendly Parks
angelawu2025-06-01T14:36:27-07:00The purpose of this report is to identify and to compile information about the needs and preferences of older adults in regards to open space and synthesize it in the form of design guidelines for senior-friendly open spaces in cities.
Main Street Parklet Pilot Program Evaluation: City of Santa Monica
angelawu2025-06-01T14:36:18-07:00The goal of this evaluation report is to determine whether parklets, a relatively new streetscape improvement type, is an idea that works along Santa Monica’s Main Street corridor.