Stairways to Nowhere

By Eric Richardson
Published: Friday, August 17, 2007, at 04:55PM

Closed Off Eric Richardson [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The Fort Moore memorial is one of the odder forgotten public spaces of Downtown. The site once had a great waterfall (see the comments), but it’s been turned off since 1977. Now the land above the memorial is the construction site for LAUSD’s new $200 million Performing Arts school.

On each side of the former waterfall, stairways lead to what once must have been a path running behind the memorial. Today the tops of the stairways are closed off, with the No Trespassing signs pictured. I haven’t seen plans for how the school intends to use this side of the site, but is it too much to ask that there again be a public space on top of the site? Given the money getting put into the structures on top of the hill, doesn’t it make a bit of sense to also restore the memorial on the side of it?



Comments

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Juanito writes:

Quick everybody: check out the new ed. of Downtown News, before they take it down for correction. One article tells us that Tricky Dick Nixon was once governor of the fair state of Kalifornia. Wow, do they ever need a copy desk.

# on Aug.17.2007 AT 06:42 PM
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Ken Hall writes:

Being a downtown resident, I would also love to see this fountain running again…Does anyone know who is in charge of maintaining the Fort Moore Memorial (and fountain)??…what can be done to raise the funds needed?…If someone knows a person or agency to contact…I will volunteer my effort!

# on Aug.17.2007 AT 08:57 PM

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