The beautiful new park is much needed in Chinatown, one of the more densely populated and park-poor areas in L.A.
According to the 2016 Los Angeles Countywide Parks Needs Assessment, Chinatown is located in a study area with a high level of park need. The area only had 1.6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents, which was substantially below the Countywide average of 3.3 acres per 1,000 residents. Thus, it is great news that Chinatown now has a beautiful new public space called Ord and Yale Street Park.
As landscape architect Wendy Chan shares in this article, the park was designed by the landscape architecture and planning firm AHBE/MIG, and represents the transformation of a once-vacant, one-acre hillside into a new neighborhood park for Chinatown residents, many of whom live in dense apartment complexes. Located directly behind the Chinatown Branch Library, the site has a steep elevation change of over 100 feet from the entry to the top of the park.
To learn more about the park and its design, please read the source article.
Read the full story: Cultural Connection: A Chinatown park aims to link residents to their neighborhood
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