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Site: Taylor Yard - CANCELLED - SITE CLOSED
Saturday May 8th 2010 9am-12noon
Community Partners: Roots & Shoots, City of LA Bureau of Engineering, DART Containers, Kevin DeLeon’s Youth Legislators in Action, Anahuak Soccer Association
Capacity: 300 - CANCELLED 2010 - SITE CLOSED - PLEASE CHOOSE ANOTHER SITE
Location Specifics: The Taylor Yard CleanUp site is located at the southeast end of the unnamed access road off San Fernando Road near Future Street.
Thomas Guide page 594 G5
Description: Taylor Yard, a former 220+acre rail yard with about 3 miles of living riverfront represents the single greatest opportunity for riverfront restoration along the entire 52 miles of the Los Angeles River. Two large areas (over 60 acres) of Taylor Yard have been purchased by California State Parks, with an additional 40+acre purchase being considered. The initial 40-acre park at the site is under construction and expected to open in early 2007 (a joint project of State Parks and LA City’s Recreation and Parks). The CleanUp site is along one of the very nicest stretches of soft bottom river, with tall trees and lots of ducks and other birds.Special Notes: This area is not yet generally open to the public. FoLAR obtains permits to use the site for our CleanUp.
DIRECTIONS:
Bike: There is no River Bike Path on this side of the River in this area. There are convenient bike lanes on Cypress Avenue and Eagle Rock Blvd. From Cypress Avenue, go southwest on Elm Street. Carefully cross San Fernando Road, and continue southwest on the unnamed access road.Transit: Take Metro lines 90/91 or Metro line 94 on San Fernando Road.
Driving: Take the 2 Freeway, exit at San Fernando Road in Glassell Park. Go southeast on San Fernando. Immediately past the new State Park (currently a large construction site), turn right onto the unnamed access road. Alternately, take the 110 Freeway, exit at North Figueroa / Avenue 26. Go northwest on Avenue 26. Turn right onto San Fernando Road. Just past Elm Street, turn left onto the unnamed access road.Parking: Park in the vacant lot where the access road turns left.
2009 CLEANUP STATS AND PICTURES!!!
100 volunteers
1440 pounds of trash
The People’s Party playing amazing tunes for clean up volunteers. Roots and Shoots volunteers.
Young Legislator in Action students and a volunteer from DART Containers hauling shopping carts out of the River!
Photos by Maria Margarita Lopez.