Slide the bar from left to right to view the proposed transformations. (All photos courtesy of The City of Los Angeles.)
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Piggyback Yard
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Los Angeles officials hope to transform the 125-acre Piggyback Yard, the city’s last active railyard, into a massive green space in the heart of downtown, L.A.’s version of New York’s Central Park.
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Taylor Yard
Los Angeles is proposing reverting a 42-acre Union Pacific Railroad property called Taylor Yard back into a network of meandering marshland, riffles, and pools. The city is currently negotiating to buy the land, though one Army Corps biologist warns that after serving as a rail yard for decades, the site will likely need hazardous waste cleanup first.
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Arroyo Secco Confluence
The Arroyo Seco project would require removing one-half mile of concrete riverbed and banks and establishing a riparian wetland and marsh to provide public green space and flood protection. It would also connect the main channel of the L.A. river with the Los Angeles State Historic Park.
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Verdugo Wash Confluence
This project would involve restoring wetlands at the junction of the Los Angeles River and the Verdugo Wash stream.
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The Bowtie
In an area of the river known as the “Bowtie,” developers propose widening and re-sloping the waterway to restore freshwater marsh habitat, as well as removing concrete along the riverbed and banks. The measures would help restore some of the river’s natural floodplain.
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Los Feliz Golf Course
Landscapers will create a marshland corridor to connect the Los Feliz Golf Course to the river to allow for seasonal flooding within the golf course’s grounds.
