Dear Friend of Pershing Square, We thought you’d like to know that today is the sesquicentennial of the city edict that dedicated the place now known as Pershing Square as a public park! We asked the park what she wants for her big anniversary, and she said she doesn’t really need anything new, but if you could share the link to her restoration petition far and wide, that would be wonderful. https://www.change.org/p/mayor-garcetti-la-city-council-recreation-and-parks-don-t-re-envision-pershing-square-restore-pershing-square We wrote a blog post to celebrate this remarkable event, and show off a neat piece of park-side 19th century bicycling history we found in the archives. https://esotouric.com/pershingsquare150/ 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