Description

The City of Los Angeles transformed this vacant, blighted hillside, into a place for the Chinatown community to gather and play, exercise and heal, rest and contemplate. With nearly one-hundred feet of elevation change on this one-acre site, the goal is to bring connectivity and community within this neighborhood. Named as Ord & Yale Street Park, the design provides a place for health and wellness, serving the various demographics and ages. The landscape design is an experience – a journey of the mind, body and spirit – and is manifested in the creation of three main gathering spaces: the “Lotus Plaza”, “Bamboo Garden”, and “Heavenly Garden”.