{"id":14300,"date":"2012-05-01T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=14300"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:59","slug":"urban-planet-las-first-pedestrian-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/05\/01\/urban-planet-las-first-pedestrian-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: LA&#8217;s First Pedestrian Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=29253\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"laplaza\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/laplaza.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Sunset Triangle &#8211; LA&#8217;s first pedestrian plaza. The street-to-plaza conversion opened in March, modeled after the successful installations in NYC. The street is demarcated with green polkadots and planters, and first reports suggest that LA residents are enjoying their new open space. (<a href=\"http:\/\/la.curbed.com\/places\/sunset-triangle-plaza\">LA Curbed<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/la.curbed.com\/places\/sunset-triangle-plaza\">LA Curbed<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. Welcome to Sunset Triangle &#8211; LA&#8217;s first pedestrian plaza. 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