Elysian Valley: Polluted Haze

Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 17, 2011. Dry, clear mornings reveal the early morning polluted haze rising from the 5 Freeway through Elysian Valley. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Is this really a good place for increased housing density? The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA-LA) thinks so. They're accepting applications for the steering committee of the Northeast LA (NELA) River Corridor Study Area. Deadline is January 28, 2011. Applications only accepted via mail, not email.

LA River: Elysian Valley

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 27, 2010. Homes on the hillside to the left are on Silver Ridge Ave. in the Red Car Neighborhood. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

On a clear day you can see the Hollywood Sign. This must be why the CRA wants to declare Elysian Valley blighted. With a view like this, developers can tear down low-profile, affordable single family homes and build luxury condos.

Elysian Valley: CRA Open House Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 20, 2010. Maybe a few more monopalms will brighten up the blight in Elysian Valley. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) wants to declare all of Elysian Valley (bounded by Riverside Drive, Fletcher, the LA River and the Confluence) as blighted so they can make it a redevelopment zone. Read: gentrification, taller condos, less parking and more traffic on neighborhood streets that are seriously narrow and contain an uneasy mix of industrial uses and single family homes.

The proposed area also includes Atwater and Glassell Park. Controversy and the CRA go hand in hand. Read more:

The Eastsider

Atwater Village News

CRA/LA

Attend the CRA Open House:

Wed., Nov. 10, 2010

6 - 8PM

Dickerson Employee Benefits

1918 Riverside Drive

(between Allesandro & Stadium Way)

Los Angeles, CA 90039