Column: Can MacArthur Park be saved? Its past offers a blueprint

Exploring MacArthur Park, Steve Lopez discusses its history, potential, and challenges with social worker Willard Beasley, highlighting past restoration efforts and ongoing issues of homelessness and crime. Despite recent renovations, the park continues to struggle with blight and safety concerns, prompting reflections on past successes and failures, including a transformative project led by former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck in 2003 to improve community partnerships and address park maintenance and security.

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