Community
Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library
6145 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA, 90042
323-255-0537
With its two-story stone tower, the Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library looks like it was plucked from a storybook. Thanks to a 1998 bond measure to improve L.A.’s libraries…
Website: http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=05
Neighborhood: Highland Park, Los Angeles
Category: Community, Information & Referral Services
Bureau of Sanitation
Griffith Park Composting Education Facility, Los Feliz, CA
213-485-2260
One person’s garbage is another’s garden gold
Website: http://www.lacitysan.org
Neighborhood: Los Feliz
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Shop, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Shop, Community, Housewares, Shopping
Clifton’s Cafeteria
648 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90014
213-627-1673
We looked far and wide for a venue with the coveted combination of delicious food and knockout setting at down-to-earth prices…
Website: http://cliftonscafeteria.com
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Community, Halls & Auditoriums
Coyotes Book Group
1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz, CA, 90027
323-660-1175
Bibliophiles will geek out over Coyotes Book Group, which meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Skylight Books in Los Feliz
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do, Community Organizations
Echo Park Lake Pedal Boats
751 N. Echo Park Ave., Echo Park, CA, 90026
213-481-8577
Rented pedal boats have been gliding across Echo Park Lake since at least the 1980s
Website: http://fastkayak.com/echo.html
Neighborhood: Echo Park
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Do, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Do, Community, Parks & Beaches
Kids in Sports
The Kids in Sports program is fixated on a single goal—to bring athletic opportunities to those who go without.
Website: http://www.kidsinsportsla.com
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Child Care, Community, Community Organizations, Sports & Recreation, Sports & Recreation Instruction
KidsPark
9056 Tampa Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91324
When last-minute appointments or ailing baby–sitters disrupt your plans, KidsPark, in Northridge, is a blessing.
Website: http://www.kidspark.com
Neighborhood: Northridge
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Do, Best of LA 2013: Kids, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Do, Best of LA: Kids, Child Care, Community
Masonic Lodge
6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90038
323-469-1181
Ever since Tyler Cassity, the Missourian who has made Hollywood Forever Cemetery a pop culture phenomenon, turned over restoration of the 1931 Masonic Lodge on the site to high school friend Jay Boileau, crews have been uncovering finery…
Website: http://www.hollywoodforever.com/
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Community, Halls & Auditoriums
Silver Lake Branch Library
2411 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90039
213-228-7272
Hear ye, homebound script slingers, bloggers, and freelance writers. Sometimes the best ideas happen when you’re wearing pants.
Website: http://www.lapl.org
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Community, Information & Referral Services
TriFit
2425 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90404
310-829-2227
Make waves at TriFit, which is perfect for splashing around or going the distance
Website: http://www.trifitla.com/
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Do, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Do, Community, Pools & Spas
Union Station
800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
213-617-0111
Proposition 8 may be the law (for now), but California ballot measures don’t quell the desire for marital bliss—and over-the-top weddings…
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Community, Halls & Auditoriums
West Hollywood Public Library
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90069
No wonder the free Saturday morning readings in the children’s theater at the West Hollywood Public Library are so well attended.
Website: http://colapublib.org/libs/whollywood/index.php
Neighborhood: West Hollywood
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA 2012: Kids, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Best of LA: Kids, Community, Information & Referral Services