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Public Access 101: Downtown L.A.

This is a Project. It was designed by Los Angeles Urban Rangers. It is dated 2010–present.

A project of the Los Angeles Urban Rangers collective, the Public Access 101 initiative asserts that public spaces are essential to livable, democratic cities. The rangers designed urban trail routes and led hikes through the city’s Bunker Hill financial district and the concrete-lined LA River, encouraging people to explore overlooked urban places and consider the city as a part of nature—humans’ natural habitat—that offers the same wonder travelers have found in national parks.

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Public Access 101: Downtown L.A.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition By the People: Designing a Better America.

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