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De Weaze, Red Light District, Leeuwarden, originally uploaded by jacco de boer.

O.K. so this actually called “De Weaze, Red Light District, Leeuwarden” in the Netherlands. But what attracted me to this photo was the rhythm and style of these buildings along a canal.

It could be adopted along the LA river to create walking areas and pedestrian activity in a formerly forlorn place. I know they are currently building parks along the Studio City stretch of the LA River, but there are many, many concrete wastelands left to develop and this is one idea to consider.

I would of course keep the parks, but build these type of canal homes along the river. Shops on the ground floor, residential on top. What we need more of……