Our landmark mural “Defend Dignity” has been restored and is once again shining its light on the neighborhood!

A wonderful afternoon was held in the neighborhood at the Summer Bazaar Market hosted by SPNA  and Makers Market – Just Buy The Thing on Sunday, June 7 in Wishbone Park (on Grand Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets). 

At first glance, this may seem like an issue happening outside of South Park. Historic Broadway lies just a couple of blocks outside our neighborhood. But for many South Park residents, Broadway is part of daily life.

‍ If you noticed an influx of energy at Sunday’s Summer Bazaar at Wishbone Park, you likely ran into our neighborhood’s newest grassroots initiative,  a group of local parents discussing the unique realities of raising children in South Park.  

Local dog walking/training service FitPals LA (https://www.fitpalsla.com) held a huge neighborhood dog walking event and breakfast at Toastique several Sundays ago. The community dog walk, a monthly event held on Saturdays at local sponsors’ establishments, brings dogs and their owners together for a guided hike through DTLA to a location where participants are treated to a brief training session and then a return trip to enjoy a great breakfast.

A brief survey to help gauge community interest and gather feedback regarding LA28 preparation and engagement opportunities has been prepared by SPNA.

SPNA has a new Instagram Address!

  In four months, voters will choose who leads California for the next four years. This article will share the results and the choices on the November ballot and then provide five takeaways from the state-wide elections. 

The results from the June 2, Los Angeles primary election have been certified, setting the stage for a general election in November with a historic mayoral runoff and major shakeups in key city offices. The election underscored a growing political tug-of-war between L.A.’s center-left Democratic establishment and the progressive movement.  

There is a new coffee establishment in the neighborhood!  Fica Fica Coffee DTLA is located on Pico, mid-block between Hope Street and Grand Ave.  The clean, modern but somewhat sparce shop offers comfort and privacy to patrons as well as a multi-varied menu of creative coffee and tea drinks. 

There’s no better place to spend the 4th than on the lower deck of Cara Cara, where the downtown Los Angeles skyline stretches out in every direction and the smell of smoke from the grill hangs in the warm July air.

Some afternoons are made for slowing down. This summer, Dahlia at Downtown LA Proper invites you to do exactly that with Read the Leaves — a dreamy Sunday ritual that pairs an elevated afternoon tea service with the quiet magic of tarot.

July 4th is great fun for everyone but……

  It started in 1984 in Philadelphia with Matt Peskin, who was president of a nonprofit group, National Association of Town Watch, that worked with crime watch groups in neighborhoods across the country.

For more than seven years, Abdulkamal "AK" Abdullahi has called South Park home. You might spot him around the neighborhood catching the E Line to work, grabbing dinner and drinks at Prank Bar, or simply out running errands. But lately, many of his neighbors have come to know him for something else: bringing the flavors of his childhood in Nigeria to kitchens across the country.

For South Park residents, Oceanwide Plaza has become more than a stalled construction project. It is now part of the daily experience of living downtown. The unfinished towers loom over Figueroa and Olympic as a constant reminder of both DTLA’s enormous potential and its very public failure

Bluebird Office Supply, 1225 Hope Street in the South Park neighborhood literally exploded in flames early on Mother’s Day morning.  The first alarm was turned in at 4:40 am when flames burst through the roof of the 100-year-old structure surrounded by several high-rise apartment buildings.

South Park loves its dogs!  When walking the streets of our neighborhood it is easy to imagine there are as many canine residents here as there are humans.  If you are a dog owner like I am, you must recognize that good citizenship and dog ownership responsibility are all wrapped up (sorry for the pun) in the subject of ...dog poop.

Complaining about a bad sidewalk, graffiti in the neighborhood, dumping of a couch on the sidewalk?  An easy way to report the problem is MyLA311.