Thursday Night - Talk Bicycles and Public Transportation in LA at the Habeas Lounge Closing Party @ DTLA Art Walk

For the past two months at the HABEAS LOUNGE, we've discussed healthcare, history, housing, galleries, small business, and youth in the context of DTLA as it exists right now....all while creating individualized maps of the city based on our perceptions, expeditions and ideas. One idea of course which we haven't gotten to discuss is transportation, specifically the relevance of bicycles and public transportation to DTLA as it exists today and in the future.

HABEAS LOUNGE Art Walk Closing Party and Perspective Group no. 10 - Bicyclists and Public Transportation

How does downtown exist as a hub for MTA riders and bicyclists in the city? Celebrate eight weeks of mapping and conversations during the final night of HABEAS LOUNGE: A PLURALISTIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, taking place during the DTLA Art Walk on Thursday, November 12 from 5-9p.m.

Mapping Workshop no. 7 - Mapping Public/Private Space - Saturday, November 7 - 2-4pm

Image of Audi Street Ad - June 2009

Courtesy of blogdowntown

When we are in a crowd and out of our homes, it is natural to assume that we’re in public! But are we really? In this mapping activity, we’ll walk downtown for an hour and scout out which places are public and which are private by looking for signifiers and divisions. From quasi-public corporate plazas to advertisers cleaning the public sidewalk to spray-wash their logo into the dirt, the boundaries between private and public space are fuzzy. What public spaces actually feel private – a tunnel, a bus shelter, the Central Library?