Dear Friend of Pershing Square, The current issue of respected trade magazine Landscape Architecture includes a fascinating feature article by Nate Berg. It follows the process by which a new non-profit came to fund a privately-juried international design competition for Pershing Square, reveals what went wrong with the 1994 design, and highlights important questions about money, management and maintenance still to be answered. And you'll find us at the center of the story, promoting the very green idea of restoring John Parkinson's 1910 park design. https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2016/06/09/better-luck-this-time/ It's a timely article, because just today, the city announced the winning scheme for the new City Hall-adjacent park at First and Broadway. Many of the bad things people say about the current Pershing Square could be said about this hardscape plaza that calls itself a park. http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/mia-lehrer-chosen-to-design-first-and-broadway-park/article_4dc7731a-2e15-11e6-9e4e-a38279453326.html Finally, a couple of Pershing Square-related links to share. From our friend in the map department at Central Library, a little love letter to Pershing Square's importance in gay history: http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/central-library/gay-downtown-los-angeles And some press for our new petition campaign to preserve the park's historic monuments on site: http://mynewsla.com/government/2016/06/02/beethoven-battles-pershing-square-renovation-uproar-over-statues-monuments/ Join us for a free Hill Street walking tour including Pershing Square after the LAVA Sunday Salon on June 26. RSVP and more info at http://www.lavatransforms.org/broadway-on-my-mind-landing-page/ For more information about the historic park, the restoration campaign and what comes next, please visit: http://restorepershingsquare.blogspot.com yrs, Kim Cooper & Richard Schave LAVA - The Los Angeles Visionaries Association & The Pershing Square Restoration Society http://restorepershingsquare.blogspot.com