Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Summer On The LA River
The Los Angeles River is officially open for the summer. Now you can boat, fish, birdwatch and camp there through Labor Day, and some say this is only the beginning. City officials and the Army Corps of Engineers are working on a plan to restore the L.A. River and essentially turn it into a huge park.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Los Angeles River is officially open for the summer. Now you can boat, fish, birdwatch and camp there through Labor Day, and some say this is only the beginning. City officials and the Army Corps of Engineers are working on a plan to restore the L.A. River and essentially turn it into a huge park. But a new report estimates it would cost the city more than a billion dollars. Is it realistic to hope that someday we’ll have a lush, green, 51-mile river teeming with life running through L.A?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jennifer Samson
L.A. River Corp
Ron Finley
artist, gardener, and founder of “The Ron Finley Project”
Leigh Christy
Architect with the firm Perkins + Will
The full episode
4 of 5Landlords, New Crowdfunding Rules for Movies, LA River Opens For Summer- 0:00Tenants vs. Landlords in Long Beach
- 7:05New Rules for Crowdsourcing Film Finance
- 15:44Stopping the Islamic State From Pilfering Historic Sites
- 26:24Summer On The LA RiverYou’re reading this
- 42:06Fallout 4 Trailer Stuns Fans