the Department of Recreation and Parks:
Don't Redesign Pershing Square: Restore Pershing Square!
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While we continue to advocate for restoration of the park, this petition refers to a design competition that ultimately came to nothing. However, there remain serious public corruption concerns around the Angels Landing project and its deep ties to proposed Pershing Square redesign and confessed racketeer Jose Huizar, the former CD14 councilman who selected the developers after one partner made the largest single contribution to his dissolved Pershing Square Renew non-profit.
3D Recreation of John Parkinson's 1910 Pershing Square made by his great-great grandson:
OUR POSITION: For nearly 150 years, Pershing Square has been the public square in the center of Los Angeles, at the heart of the city's social, cultural and political life. But a series of insensitive redesigns, beginning in the 1950s, has resulted in a confused and ugly park that is a blot on the redeveloping Downtown.
Now, an international design competition has been announced, seeking a new look for the historic park. But Pershing Square doesn't need another redesign. It needs to be restored to the classic, beautiful design that was torn up in 1951 to build the parking lot and bomb shelter: with a central fountain, sculptures placed in their historic locations, diagonal paths, shade trees, benches and street-level views and pedestrian access. This recently restored film footage from 1916 shows just how lovely it was, and could be again.
Now, an international design competition has been announced, seeking a new look for the historic park. But Pershing Square doesn't need another redesign. It needs to be restored to the classic, beautiful design that was torn up in 1951 to build the parking lot and bomb shelter: with a central fountain, sculptures placed in their historic locations, diagonal paths, shade trees, benches and street-level views and pedestrian access. This recently restored film footage from 1916 shows just how lovely it was, and could be again.
