Invitation art by Julianna Parr - www.juliannaparr.com
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An Annual Tradition
Join your friends and collegues from business, government and the arts as we share a vision for a Swimmable, Fishable, Boatable Los Angeles River and we celebrate an early St. Valentine’s Day together.
Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres by Traxx Restaurant, Micro-brew beer courtesy of Angel City Brewing, the Afro-Cuban rhythms of Los Puros, Traditional Korean drumming and dance — FOOD, FUN AND FESTIVITIES. Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge returns as the Master of Ceremonies, need we say more?
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UPDATE! The event will be located in the old Main Ticket Concourse inside Union Station, in Downtown LA, at 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Picture below. If you haven’t bought a ticket yet, please bring cash or a check to the event - we will not be able to accept credit cards. Thank you! And see you tonight!
Take Metro to the event! Don’t worry about having to drive home later! Also, parking is available for $14 at the Standard Parking lots B & D at 800 N Alameda. Additional parking is available at the Gateway Garage at the opposite end of Union Station for $6, entrance at Cesar Chavez & Vignes. Tickets to the event are $50, and this event is open to the public, however, please make a reservation in advance. Ticket holders receive hors d’oeuvres and beer free of charge, no-host bar for cocktails and wine. For more information, or to request an invitation, contact Ramona at rmarks@folar.org or 323.223.0585.
This event wouldn’t be possible without the help of the 2010 River Award Sponsors! Thank you from FoLAR:
Warner Bros. — LA Downtown News — Pactiv
Malcolm Pirnie — NBC Universal — Perkins + Will
LA County Supervisor Don Knabe
LA Weekly — ah’be Landscape Architects
Wacko Soap Plant — Mia Lehrer + Associates
Black Door — Hutchinson & Bloodgood, LLP
City of LA Bureau of Sanitation
ColorTrend Printing & Graphics
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Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Team to Be Honored
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In Seoul, South Korea, expressways are removed to revive an urban stream
Friends of the Los Angeles River and the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles are partnering to bring Korean Delegates who worked on the Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project to Los Angeles to share their experiences with us in a series of events that will culminate at the Los Angeles River Awards Reception at the Traxx Restaurant Courtyard in Union Station on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
The Cheonggyecheon became the centerpiece of Seoul when a king of the Chonson Dynasty, inspired by the meandering stream and its 23 tributaries, selected it as the new capital 600 years ago. But in the industrial era after the Korean War, the country’s poor migrated and settled on its shores, creating a public health hazard. To solve this problem, the stream was encased in pavement and covered by a network of expressways. Today, after a $384 million recovery project that took just over two years to complete, the liberated stream burbles between reedy banks. Picnickers cool their bare feet in its filtered water, and carp swim in its tranquil pools.
For more information about the project read Joe Linton’s excellent description at L.A. Creek Freek: Daylighting in the Heart of Seoul: The Cheong Gye Cheon Project