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The Arroyo Calabasas (left) and Bell Creek (right) join to form the Los Angeles River LA River near downtown LA during drought in 2014. The Los Angeles River's official beginning is at the confluence of two channelized streams – Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas – in the Canoga Park section of the city of Los Angeles, just east of California State Route 27 (Topanga Canyon Boulevard), at (the ...
Riverside Drive and Los Angeles River Greenway Trail: 2017: Elysian Viaduct I-5 (Golden State Freeway) 1962: Taylor Yard Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge: Los Angeles (Elysian Valley) 2021: SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) Los Angeles (Atwater Village) 1961: Fletcher Drive (HAER CA-273) 1927: Red Car Pedestrian Bridge: Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Victory ...
The river starts in the Simi Hills and Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, enters a concrete channel and flows through the San Fernando Valley, is joined by tributaries from the San Gabriel Mountains, passes eastern Downtown Los Angeles, and flows through the Los Angeles Basin plain to its mouth at the sea in Long Beach
River LA is a nonprofit working on the revitalization of the Los Angeles River.The organization, formerly known as the Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation, was founded in 2009 by the City of LA to coordinate river policy as part of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan.
The Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is a public park located in Cypress Park, Los Angeles, near the confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco. [1] Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is noted for its Mission Revival architecture hacienda-style grounds.
The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River.Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, approximately eight miles (13 km) east of the river's source in the western end of the Valley, in Los Angeles, California.
The Los Angeles River bicycle path is a Class I bicycle and pedestrian path in the Greater Los Angeles area running from north to east along the Los Angeles River through Griffith Park in an area known as the Glendale Narrows. The 7.4 mile section of bikeway through the Glendale Narrows is known as the Elysian Valley Bicycle & Pedestrian Path. [1]
An article last Monday about the Los Angeles River recounted its history and described the reporter's trip downriver in a kayak. In research for the article, the reporter consulted a 1999 book by Blake Gumprecht, "The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth."