A coalition including the National Resources Defense Council, FoLAR, Clockshop, the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council, the Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council, and hundreds of local residents and representatives of other local organizations hold public listening sessions, submit hundreds of public comment letters and lobby in opposition to the proposed Casitas…

The park opens on the site of the former Southern Pacific Railroad River Station maintenance facility, as well as the site of the Zanja Madre. River Station opens in 1875 and is the city’s first transcontinental railroad terminal, fueling the exponential growth of the city. Following extensive community input, Los Angeles State Historic Park opens…

Union Pacific sells the 42-acre G2 Parcel of Taylor Yard to the City of LA for $60 million.

The Bowtie Project solidifies the partnership between California State Parks and Clockshop at the Bowtie, an 18-acre parcel from the former Taylor Yard.

The Los Angeles Times begins to report on the gentrification of LA River neighborhoods.

This new reclassification guarantees LA River federal protections under the Clean Water Act. Kayaking and other recreation activities are allowed within two zones, one in the Sepulveda Basin and the other in Elysian Valley, throughout the season (the end of May through the end of September). The LA River flows from its origins at the…

The park opens on Earth Day, April 22, 2007. Extensive contamination studies and soil remediation is undertaken given the heavy industrial usages of the site beforehand.

The lot includes the parcel for Río de Los Angeles and the Bowtie.