What Eye Thought…

I saw this on the front page of the Calender section of today’s L.A. Times and thought that it was a phenomenal idea. There are TONS of urban kids skateboarding today and to build a place where kids can go and work on their craft instead of getting into some dumb shit, is a necessity in my opinion. But, as it usually goes when it involves skateboarding or any great idea, there’s always some opposition. Terry ‘Compton Ass Terry’ Kennedy and Paul Rodriguez are teaming up with Circe Wallace of Wasserman Media Group to try to make it happen. Peep:

In what could become a battle between athletics and aesthetics, the answer will be up to city officials, who figure to get an earful from advocates for the arts and backers of youth recreation, debating an immediate benefit for youngsters and a longer-range dream of a cultural district, anchored by the towers.Pushing the skateboarding park are Councilwoman Janice Hahn and the Wasserman Media Group, an L.A. sports management and marketing company headed by Casey Wasserman, who has arts affiliations of his own as a board member and major donor to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Although no formal plan has been submitted, a conceptual plan has been drawn and fundraising is already underway, with an early boost from star skater Hawk.

You can read the rest of the article HERE