Zoning, Planning and Use
Oct. 2, 2000
BRIEFS Legal
Groups want rail yard land for parks, kids Los Angeles - The 47-acre Chinatown Cornfields rail yard is the largest open space adjacent to downtown Los Angeles, and dozens of civic organizations claim an interest in how it gets developed. Seven of those groups filed suit Sept. 6 challenging the city's approval for an industrial use plan by a Staples Center developer that would pave over 32 of those acres for warehouses and parking lots.




Groups want rail yard
land for parks, kids
Los Angeles - The 47-acre Chinatown Cornfields rail yard is the largest open space adjacent to downtown Los Angeles, and dozens of civic organizations claim an interest in how it gets developed. Seven of those groups filed suit Sept. 6 challenging the city's approval for an industrial use plan by a Staples Center developer that would pave over 32 of those acres for warehouses and parking lots.
"It's a second-class ...
land for parks, kids
Los Angeles - The 47-acre Chinatown Cornfields rail yard is the largest open space adjacent to downtown Los Angeles, and dozens of civic organizations claim an interest in how it gets developed. Seven of those groups filed suit Sept. 6 challenging the city's approval for an industrial use plan by a Staples Center developer that would pave over 32 of those acres for warehouses and parking lots.
"It's a second-class ...
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