Freeway Walk!

Photo by Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza

The free walk event began at 8:30 a.m. from Pasadena and 9:00 a.m. from three of the parks located along the Parkway in the city of Los Angeles:

· Arroyo Seco Park at Avenue 64 and Marmion Way · Arroyo Seco Park at Via Marisol and Avenue 57 · Lacy Street Park at Avenue 26   Walkers from both directions entered the southbound lanes of the Parkway and came together in Sycamore Grove Park for the community festival.   The walk featured decorative banners from local schools about the Arroyo, music from the Nightingale Middle School band and the Spirit of the Arroyo puppet, parents pulling children in wagons and pushing babies in strollers.   Walkers returned to their starting points using the little known bike path located in the Arroyo Seco Flood Control Channel.   In future years, Gold Line Light Rail service will allow easy access to festival locations and sites.   This total distance for the walk was one to three miles round trip from Los Angeles parks, depending on the starting location. The distance from Pasadena was four miles one way or eight miles round trip.   See more photos.
	Photos courtesy of Michelle Clark, Virginia Renner and Eileen Takata