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If you have driven through Bixby Knolls or Wrigley recently, you might have seen this sign:
Build The River Park. The Riverpark Coalition has been advocating to stop development of a storage facility and RV parking lot off Pacific Place, the abandoned golf driving range off the 405 and 710 interchange by the LA River. Instead, Riverpark Coalition, along with many members of the local community, are championing a plan to transform the precious land into an open green space for all.
A common misperception about the LA River is that it is not actually a river but is merely a concrete water channel or a storm drain. But if you ask any local environmental advocate or native Angeleno about the river they will happily tell you about the unique bird watching, kayaking, biking, or even fishing. (Though none of us would dare eat the fish.) Many years before the Army Corps of Engineers paved the river in the 1930s, it provided food and water to the indigenous Tongva people.