Image Gallery: Connect the Dots | Van Nuys_February 20, 2016

Hazel Data applied to Van Nuys Boulevard
Hazel Data tells us where to infiltrate and where not to.
CtD_Van Nuys_Prep Underway
Anne Trumble and Aja Bulla Richards in prep mode
Volunteers transforming empty storefronts.
Van Nuys High School students getting prepped.
Interpreting Hazel data for Van Nuys Blvd.
Charting a course for the boulevard.
Chalk paint ready to go.
Stephanie Newcomb and guest.
Hazel table in preparation.
Anne Trumble, Emerging Terrain and Lilly O'Brian, Great Streets program coordinator.
Anne Trumble and Lilly O'Brian.
Aja Bulla-Richards, Creative Director Connect the Dots, and Tamarind Rossetti, public artist.
Volunteers getting organized for data collection.
Thank you, Mayor Garcetti's Great Streets Initiative.
Sign-in.
Guests registering.
Council member Nury Martinez kicks things off.
CD6 Councilmember Nury Martinez with VN Neighborhood Council Rep Quirino de la Cuesta.
Council member Martinez and VNNC rep Quirino de la Cuesta.
Quirino de la Cuesta and Aja Bulla Richards launch the workshops.
CD6 and VNNC on the street.
Officers representing Metropolitan Transit Authority.
MTA and Katherine Padilla Associates.
Watershed mapping at workshop tables.
Taking a look at infiltration opportunities.
Debating strategies on the Boulevard.
Coding Van Nuys Boulevard: Turquoise = Good Infiltration; Yellow = Mixed Bag; Red = Do not inifiltrate here.
Coding the "proceed with caution" infiltration zone.
Dots!
Everybody getting into the action.
No officer left behind.
Water warrior.
Dot mania.
Airborne dots.
Woodbury University's Mauro Diaz and Connect the Dots Creative Director Aja Bulla-Richards.
Guillermo Marquez, Field Deputy CD6; Hadley Arnold, ALI; Mauro Diaz, Woodbury University.
Mauro Diaz of Woodbury University with Lucy Garcia, Environmental Science teacher, Van Nuys High School.
Free bike helmets from VNNC.
Stephanie Newcomb testing Hazel Table with Van Nuys High School students.
Permeability testing underway.
Soils sampling.
Landscape scheme taking shape at full scale.
Street trees finding their spot.
Streetscape taking shape.
Coding almost complete.
Skateboarder enjoying first-mover advantages.
Leader of the pack.
Bike influx begins.
Pedestrian and bike zone separated from traffic by landscaped berm/bioswale.
Walk n' Rollers introducing kids to rules of the road.
Van Nuys High supporting the Next Generation of Great Streets advocates.
Enjoying the boulevard.
Boulevard at dusk.
Tai Chi with Alan Chang and River Rover by FoLAR.
"The Beginning of Water" by Tamarind Rossetti.
Tamarind Rossetti's video installation animates derelict storefronts.
"The Beginning of Water" by Tamarind Rossetti: a visual meditation on our relationship to water.
Plaza by night, lit by PRG.
Hanging out on the plaza before performances begin.
Andie Sandoval, vocalist, with Abraham Urias, acoustic guitar with drylands designs as backdrop.
Nighttime on the plaza.
Mercy Collazo on guitar, with Ronny Schiff of the Musicians Institute.
First peoples of the SF Valley: Fernandeño Tataviam Mission Band of Indians.
Three generations of native voices.
Bird Songs honoring Creator and Creation.
Drylands tradition and innovation: native songs and future architectures.
Fernando Tataviam Band of Mission Indians performing on plaza.
Invitation to dance.
Glimpse of a water-smart future.

Connect the Dots | Van Nuys _ February 20, 2016: Photos from a day-long community design workshop and Great Street Celebration.

All photos by Scott Arnold, SRA Photo, Denver, CO

Read about the event here.

 

 

 

 

Tags: 
Image Gallery Connect the Dots | Van Nuys, 
Great Streets, 
Divining LA, 
Hazel, 
Tamarind Rossetti, 
Pacoima Beautiful; LA County Bicycle Coalition, 
Council District 6