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The Los Angeles River starts in the San Fernando Valley and runs 48 miles southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. A 1.5-mile corridor within the city limits was the study area for a park site BWBridge.jpg A river runs through it selection problem in the Esri Press workbook Understanding GIS. The headwaters of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas as seen from Owensmouth Headwaters.jpg Headwaters Ave. Near Bassett Street in Canoga Park extensive work under way in 2013 to significantly lengthen the LA River Bike Path through the BikePathConstruction.jpg Bike path construction San Fernando Valley district. Major construction is under way to widen three bridges in the San Fernando Valley while creating bike trail and access points for BikeTrailUnderConstruction.jpg Bridge widening at Vanowen riders. In the San Fernando Valley district, the City of LA has done a good job of developing bike paths and access points such as this CorbinAveOnRamp.jpg Corbin Ave. Bike Path Entrance on-ramp at Corbin Ave. in Reseda. A 10-mile strech of the LA River bike path is now open, including BirdGate.jpg Bird Gate this section in Reseda. This lot has been partially developed since the First Edition of Understanding GIS. A small lot to the west of the multifamily WilburStreetRemainingLot.jpg Potential park site at Wilbur Ave project remains a good candidate. A new environmentally friendlly, affordable 77-unit, multifamily apartment community right across the street from the Reseda riverwalk2.jpg Riverwalk at Reseda Recreation Center. A gritty but quiet lot near railroad tracks south of the freeway in Site4.jpg Potential park site at Topham St. Reseda. Not all of the river is concrete bottom. In many sections the ground below has been left as is, creating pockets like this of BalboaBlvdRiparian.jpg Riparian wonderland at Balboa Blvd. surprising beauty.

Ringed by mountains, rivers, and streams, the Sepulveda Basin Sepulvedabasin.jpg Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area Wildlife Reserve is a haven of rest both for wildlife and humans.

The Weddington family owned this 17-acre piece of prime real estate for over 100 years. Acquired in 2012 by real estate developers, the site is now a flashpoint for conservationists who are lobbying the City and the public to aquire the land for creation WeddingtonMap.jpg Weddington Golf and tennis Club of a new LA River Natural Park. This section of the LA River features a nice winding bike path and LaurelCanyon.jpg Looking west from Laurel Canyon Ave. shade trees.

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The CBS Studio Center is an active TV and film production lot CBS_StudioCity.jpg CBS Studio Center that is literally bisected by the Los Angeles River. Old soccer goalposts stand quietly, validating the site's potential as a park. However, survey markers reveal that construction on Soccer4.jpg Potential park site at Verdant St. the site may be nearing. This concrete 'T-Beam' bridge, built in 1925, replaced an older LosFelizBlvd.jpg Los Feliz Bridge wooden span knocked out by a raging LA River. Called a Warren Arch, after its inventor, this truss-style pedestrian bridge connects Atwater Village to Griffith park and WarrenArchPedbridgeGlendale%2 Pedestrian bridge near Glendale Blvd. spans both the LA River and the Golden State Freeway. The Glendale Narrows is an approximately seven-mile long section of the river that has an earthen bottom. Where possible, without reducing the storm runoff capacity, the river is being Los_Angeles_River_Anas_platyrhyMallard ducks at Glendale Narrows restored by digging up the concrete bottom. Designed by sculptor Brett Goldstone, the Great Heron Gates, at the entrance to Rattlesnake Park, mark the point of entry at the start of a new legally navigable 2.5-mile stretch (seen in green on RattlesnakePark.jpg Rattlesnake Park the map) of the LA River. RippleSt.jpg Potential park site at Ripple St. Multifamily apartment construction coming to this site soon. Hilly but still vacant, this site is a quiet getaway in the midst of JamesStreet2.jpg Potential park site at James St. one of the world's largest cities. Oso Park marks the end of the 2.5-mile strech (seen in green on the map) of the LA River that was recently designated as oso_park_bear.jpg Oso Park navigable. Kayaks and canoes are now regular sights. Elysian Park is the second largest in Los Angeles at 600 acres. It Arroyo_Seco_Parkway_through_E Arroyo Seco Parkway through Elysian Park is also the City's oldest park. Dodger Stadium, occasionally called Chavez Ravine after the neighborhood that was razed to build it, is the third oldest ballpark DodgerStadiumPanorama.jpg Dodger Stadium in major league baseball. Located just yards from the LA River, the Downey Pool (seen here prior to being filled for summer-time use), is a popular DownyPool.jpg Downey Pool destination for urban youth. Built in 1928, this arch has been the scene of numerous battles between presevationists and the City's Bureau of Engineering, which sought to replace it. Today, it is undergoing siesmic ViewfromBroadway.jpg North Spring Street Viaduct retrofitting.

This 32-acre site, an actual 19th century corn farm, was saved from development in 2001 by the Trust for Public Lands and wetland.jpg LA State Historic Park (formerly known as theventually acquired by the State of California as a new state park.

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Not always the most beautiful of locations, but interesting to look at all the same, the river cuts through many different types of land Junkyard.jpg Wrecking yard with a view in the City of Angels. Hooper Heliport is located on the roof of the Piper Technical Heliport.jpg LAPD Hooper Heliport Center, the world's largest rooftop airport. Snaking right along the river, the self-contained school is a quarter-mile-long, 61,000-square-foot building, a former freight depot renovated by an SCI-Arc alumni, features an end-to-end SCI-arc_01.jpg Southern California Institute of Architecture skateboard path. Many of the LA River bridges were designed to excite comment from visitors who entered and left the city by railway, and to raise the status of Los Angeles as an enterprising, properly developed East4thStBridge.jpg East 4th St Bridge city. Viewing south from Olympic Blvd. bridge (1925) toward the maintenance and storage yard for the heavy rail train cars that OlympicBlvdBridge.jpg Metro Line maintenance yard run underground in the Metro Red Line subway. This bridge carries frequent passenger trains including Metrolink's Orange County Line, the 91 Line, and Amtrak's Pacific WashingtonStBridge2.jpg Redondo Flyover Railroad bridge Surfliner. There are a total of 116 crossings of the LA River; this one shows one of the old raildroad bridges, rusty but still functional 88 years 26thStreetView.jpg Railroad bridge seen from E 26th St after it was built. The Downey Ave. bridge washed completely away during the floods of 1885. Periodic ongoing washouts resulted in the USCDigitalLibraryDownyRoadCCPDowney Ave railroad bridge washout decision to channelize the river.

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