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Reimagining Los Angeles’s future ahead of the 2028 Olympics

How one group is leveraging the Games to develop Los Angeles

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Halina Bennet
Oct 27, 2025
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Festival Trail imagines a continuous, car-free network linking communities across the region.

The oldest palm tree in Los Angeles stands in front of Memorial Coliseum, a living monument to the city and to the 1932 Olympic Games that gave it perhaps the strongest symbol of its identity. Tens of thousands of palm trees were planted in the lead-up to the G…

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