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LOCAL GEMS ALONG AND NEAR THE ROUTE 1 MacArthur Park 4 Los Angeles City Hall 7 Japanese American National 7th St and Alvarado St 200 N Spring St Museum (JANM) The MacArthur Park hub itself sports a beautiful Towering at 32 floors is the 91-year-old center 100 N Central Ave urban park, with scattered memorials (including of LA government. Fun fact: The concrete JANM covers 130 years of Japanese American one to the eponymous General MacArthur), in its tower was made with sand from each of history. In front sits Oomo Cube, a Rubik’s sculptures, recreation centers, a fountain, and California‘s 58 counties and water from its Cube sculpture with photographic panels and a massive lake fed by natural springs. It’s also 21 historic missions. internal lighting. Artist Nicole Maloney used home to Levitt Pavilion, the public space that the OOMO shorthand for “Out of Many, One.” hosts 50 free outdoor concerts every year. 5 Hall of Justice On October 6, the museum is hosting its free 211 W Temple St 11th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique. 2 The Spring Arcade The Hall of Justice is the oldest surviving 541 S Spring St government building in the LA Civic Center. 8 4th Street Viaduct The Spring Arcade, publicized as a “city within In front (visible just down Temple Street) is This art deco bridge was designed by longtime a city” when it opened in 1925, is now a dining Embodied, a bronze statue described by artist LA City Engineer Merrill Butler and built in destination with restaurants like the Cantonese Alison Saar as a “figure of grace and virtue to 1931. Stop at the top for an open view of the BBQ spot Rice Box and Boyle Heights taco represent the spirit of justice.” Los Angeles skyline. chain Guisados. 6 Los Angeles State 9 Boyle Hotel 3 Biddy Mason Memorial Park Historic Park 1781 E 1st St 333 S Spring St 1245 N Spring St The Victorian-era, Queen Anne style Boyle Hotel This monument is full of artwork, inscriptions, A block off the route, this 34-acre open space is a cultural landmark that has transformed and embedded objects that tell the remarkable is filled with orange trees, native plants, and into an affordable housing building. It was built story of a former slave whose generosity helped intersecting run/walk trails. Check out A Park is the same year the Los Angeles streetcar went shape early Los Angeles. Made by People by Artist Rosten Woo, an audio into service; now it sits across from the Mariachi tour and set of signs that tell the 20-year story Plaza Metro station. of how this park came to be. October 6, 2019 9 a m -- 4 p m Welcome to the 33rd CicLAvia where we celebrate, as one big community, UCLA’s 100 years! UCLA100 showcases all BOYLE AVE OUR PARTNERS 7TH ST the special things that make Los Angeles a vibrant global city—its diversity, its innovation, its inclusiveness, and its dedication to finding ways of improving OUR SUPPORTERS OUR COMMUNITY our quality of life. 1ST ST Annenberg Foundation PARTNERS California Highway Patrol While we play, ride, walk, run, and simply The California Endowment BROADWAY enjoy our streets, we will also have an David Bohnett Foundation Indie Printing opportunity to appreciate our city’s built Goldhirsh Foundation Lit Crawl LA and social environment. This CicLAvia will Wasserman Foundation Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator showcase some of the city’s most historic OUR SPONSORS Los Angeles County Bicycle and vibrant neighborhoods—Downtown, 4TH S T Capital One | Chinatown BID Coalition Chinatown, Westlake, MacArthur Park, First 5 LA | Hycore Los Angeles Public Library Little Tokyo, Arts District, and Boyle Heights. Los Angeles County Museum National Park Service of Art (LACMA) Enjoy the day. OUR MEDIA PARTNERS Los Angeles Federal Credit Union Laemmle Theatres — The CicLAvia Team The Los Angeles Times QueensCare Health Centers A FIELD GUIDE TO HEART OF LA | | Street Food Cinema Pure Cycles REI Skanska Celebrating UCLA 100 Years SoCalTEMPLE Gas | Strava Tern Bicycles | Thousand N SPRING SUNSET N BROADWAY6 CHINATOWN 110 HUB N MAIN GLENDALE ALPINE COLLEGEChinatown RAMPART BEVERLY CESAR CHAVEZ 5 ALVARADO VIGNES ORD W 3RD 101 N BROADWAY 1 MACARTHUR PARK HUB TEMPLE Westlake/ MacArthur Park UNION W 1 Union Station S HOPE T GRAND W 6TH W 2ND 5 CESAR CHAVEZ Civic WILSHIRE Center CIVIC W 3RD CENTER HUB L W 8TH W 7TH A FIGUEROA FLOWER W 4TH 4 AMEDA 7th Street/ HILL BROADWAY Little Tokyo/ 1/2 mile OLYMPIC Metro CenterW 5TH Arts District Pershing W 101 6 miles 1 W 6TH Square ST 7 Pico/ MARIACHI 3 CENT E 2ND Aliso PLAZA W 8TH W 11TH E 1ST 9 HUB CicLAvia Route OLIVE E 3RD R E 2ND AL 2 MAIN FE SANTA MISSION Ruta de CicLAvía BOYLE Mariachi W 9TH TR A Plaza HOPE C TION E 4TH GRAND Crossing Points for Cars SPRING OLIVE LOS ANGELES E 4TH OLYMPIC Puntos de cruce para carros HILL E 5TH SAN PEDRO L A UNION E 4TH E 6TH AMEDA FIGUEROA W 11TH BROADWAY 8 Metro Rail Stations FLOWER MATEO E 8TH E 7TH T LOUIS Estaciones de Metro MAPLE S MAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION ELEVATION CHANGE Mariachi Plaza Chinatown ’ Para más información VENICE Civic Center Civic Center Hub 150 MacArthur Park 7th St/110 Fwy Hub 7th St/ Hub Hub 4th St/ 4th St Hub [email protected] / 213.355.8500 Broadway Alameda St Bridge 75’ ciclavia.org / ciclavia @ 0’ WASHINGTON E 14TH PL CENTRAL HILL MACARTHUR PARK HUB CIVIC CENTER HUB CHINATOWN HUB Check out the latest in folding bikes from TERN. UCLA comes to life at Civic Center Hub! Enjoy cooking demonstrations by local Chinatown restaurants presented by the Chinatown Business Sign up for a free LA Public Library card and look The classic UCLA letters await you for a picture Improvement District and SoCal Gas (11:30, 12:30 for the roaming Book Bike distributing free books perfect photo op moment! Snap a shot and post and 1:30). to people with library cards. on social. Don’t forget to tag #UCLA100 #CicLAvia. Stop by the Walk ‘n Rollers Creation Station. Make sure to visit the Capital One booth for Create landscapes with an Augmented Reality Unleash your inner artist with family friendly amazing giveaways, games, and prizes. Sandbox, molding and shifting mountains, lakes activities including custom button making, spoke and valleys in real time. This tool is used by Relax in the AARP play zone while catching up over card and race plate design, and helmet decorating. UCLA’s Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences vintage board games. Department to teach students about geography. Capture a snapshot of your day at the Las Fotos Complete the kids bike safety skills course Project photo booth. See up-close the Electron Losses and Fields and get a free helmet (while supplies last) courtesy Investigation (ELFIN) satellite, which was built Visit the LACMA booth to learn what’s happening of CicLAvia. by UCLA students to research weather in space. this fall at the museum. Join teaching artists for Street Poets will be on-site with their Poetry The satellite was launched into orbit aboard a family-friendly, drop-in printmaking workshop. NASA’s ICESat-2 mission. in Motion Van, a mobile performance venue and Enjoy bites from one of the many local restaurants, recording studio, inspiring creative community, Come view UCLA: Our Stories, Our Impact, challenge your friends to a match of ping pong, empowering people of all ages and backgrounds a special exhibit in honor of UCLA’s 100th birthday, and enjoy other programming in Mandarin Plaza, to express themselves on the page and on the mic. showcasing stories of UCLA alumni who have Central Plaza, and Far East Plaza, presented by the Create custom prints with your bike using advanced equity and equality in America. Chinatown Business Improvement District. eco-friendly ink by Nature Coatings. This activity Want to know a little more about UCLA? What the Visit the City Clerk’s booth to make sure you’re is led by Elana Mann, artist-in-residence at the campus and the student life is like? Stop by the registered to vote! Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Undergraduate Admissions booth to learn more Stop by the Thousand Safety Checkpoint to get about applying to UCLA. Stop by the Great Streets Together for Alvarado your helmet fitted, check your brakes, tire pressure booth to give your input on what YOU want Learn the science of CicLAvia from UCLA’s Luskin and saddle height and learn other bike safety tips. Alvarado to look and feel like. Learn about ways School of Public Affairs and Fielding School of to get involved with CCNP Great Streets, and Visit the LA Ranger Troca, a food truck turned Public Health and how you can “Bring CicLAvia participate in some fun games. mobile visitor center for the Santa Monica Home” with you. Mountains. Learn more about the National Parks Join the Skateside to learn basic skateboarding skills. Get up close and hands on with science demon- Services programs, then scale their 25' rock wall. Grab a bite at a food truck and enjoy a picnic in strations for all ages from UCLA’s Exploring Your the park. Universe science fair. Learn more about how UCLA is making strides to Dig into ten essential questions posed by UCL A’s achieve equity in education and employment for all School of the Arts and Architecture such as What MARIACHI PLAZA HUB through the UCLA Labor Center’s home just next is knowledge? Love? Creativity? Learn about how door to MacArthur Park.