Comments on: L.A. River Update http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/10/09/la-river-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-river-update A Hiking Blog for Los Angeles and Southern California Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Giggleloop http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/10/09/la-river-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6081 Giggleloop Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:19:40 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.com/?p=407#comment-6081 I happen to have one of these lovely concrete "rivers" in my backyard here in St. Louis, the River Des Peres. I would LOVE if they would figure out a way to dam up one end of it and let it fill up with rainwater, and only drain into the Mississippi when it's in danger of flooding. Because this spring/summer when it was full to the top (rather that being a huge scar in the landscape filled with dirt and weeds), it was quite nice. At least in the next couple of years they're working on putting in trails and parks along the banks to green it up a bit, so surely an actual river can't be that far behind, right? (Oh btw, I'm a fan of your work on AotS, hence my sudden appearance on your blog. Hi! *waves*) I happen to have one of these lovely concrete “rivers” in my backyard here in St. Louis, the River Des Peres. I would LOVE if they would figure out a way to dam up one end of it and let it fill up with rainwater, and only drain into the Mississippi when it’s in danger of flooding. Because this spring/summer when it was full to the top (rather that being a huge scar in the landscape filled with dirt and weeds), it was quite nice. At least in the next couple of years they’re working on putting in trails and parks along the banks to green it up a bit, so surely an actual river can’t be that far behind, right?

(Oh btw, I’m a fan of your work on AotS, hence my sudden appearance on your blog. Hi! *waves*)

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