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> In the 1950s, due to a lack of downtown parking, pershing square was gutted to be a multi-level underground parking structure with a poorly accessible park on

• kristopolous 10y ago
  The upper two levels have been parks and plaza space since 1966 when it was called El Paseo de Los Pobladores de Los Angeles or just Civic Center Mall. Prior to that the lower level had been a parking lot and there was a road that cut through the center, leading to city hall. They cut the lower parking lot into the park in the 2010 project you talk about. So yes, grand park has been gradually growing in size for about 50 years. It certainly now has a more memorable name. It's going in a good direction... Cars make surpassing a certain level of urban density really difficult. As parts of LA are getting there, people are finding out they really can't do it and at the same time allocate enough space for everyone to have their own car. The divorce of the 60s onward happend as a physical necessity. I think LA is growing past such reactionary urban planning. I hope so