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Article: PUBLIC FORUM : PROS, CONS ON IMPROVING VAN NUYS CIVIC CENTER.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- July 13, 1996
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The councilman wants to revitalize the Van Nuys Civic Center by constructing parking garages, a five-story government building with ground-floor retail space and a bell tower. He also favors demolishing the old branch city hall - all at great taxpayer expense. Why does the councilman want to fix something that isn't broken?
If the councilman would take care of a few eyesores in Van Nuys, he would accomplish more revitalization. Rampant illegal sidewalk vending along the Van Nuys Boulevard corridor between Vanowen Street and Oxnard Street is turning once-lovely Van Nuys into a Third-World swap meet. Traditional shoppers now go to other neighborhoods where they ...