To the editor: For these of us who reside, work and create artwork in downtown Los Angeles, El Corazón Artwork Park represents one thing too typically lacking from the dialog: hope (“A vacant lot close to Metropolis Corridor will change into an artwork park. Why are some folks objecting?,” July 13).
I’ve spent years utilizing artwork to advocate for Skid Row. Which means creatively bringing coverage to life to assist make it accessible. It means utilizing artwork to convey folks collectively throughout neighborhoods which might be too typically divided. A vacant, fenced-off lot serves nobody. A free public house crammed with artwork, tradition, music and group programming creates alternatives for connection, therapeutic and belonging.
Downtown wants extra locations the place all residents, artists, households and guests can collect. El Corazón Artwork Park may be such a spot.
As a group member concerned within the course of, I assist this undertaking. We should always embrace a imaginative and prescient of downtown Los Angeles that values creativity, group and public areas that convey folks collectively. And we should always embrace that imaginative and prescient realizing we’re two years away from the 2028 Olympics.
Tom Grode, Los Angeles
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To the editor: At a time when downtown wants all the assistance it may get, selecting an artwork park and wellness middle over a vacant dust lot needs to be a straightforward resolution. The undertaking would convey magnificence, exercise and funding to the realm, making a welcoming house for residents and guests whereas supporting the revitalization that downtown urgently wants.
John Echeveste, Port Hueneme
