DOWNTOWN: Check out the dirt moving for the new Civic Park. You're gazing at what used to be a very expensive-to-park parking lot; shot is taken from City Hall, looking towards Grand Ave. LA's park for the people will be done by 2012. [Curbed Staff]
WESTWOOD: Next Tuesday, the Hammer is hosting a free panel entitled "Won't You Be My Neighbor? Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles." No, long-deceased Fred Rogers won't show up and change his shoes, but the panel will consider race and space in LA since the 1968 Fair Housing Act. [Hammer]