Recently, a group called 20,000 Parades contacted Islands of LA about a tea party they were organizing on a traffic island. Islands of LA shared some insight on the lawful use of traffic islands for gathering or assembly. The group’s event, titled L.A.’s Tea Party, is on Sunday August 15.
They plan to have [...]
Map of Islands for Public Assembly
20,000 Parades organizes a formal Tea Party on a Traffic Island for Sunday, August 15, 2010
Parliament Square – Traffic Island History
Parliament Square and Big Ben 1920s
This traffic island in the middle of London was designed by Charles Barry in 1868 to improve traffic and featured London’s first traffic signal. (Click here to see a great image of Parliament square from 1897 owned by the Getty.) It sustained damages during World War II and Grey Wornum [...]
Traffic Island Protest Inspires Art that Wins the Turner Prize but is Criticized
In 2007, Mark Wallinger created State Britain, an installation in the Tate Museum that recreated Brian Haw’s protest site on the traffic island commonly known as Parliament Square. According to Wikipedia, Mark Wallinger employed 15 people for 6 months and spent £90,000 to recreate it in its entirety. The piece won the coveted Turner [...]
Brian Haw’s Parliament Square Peace Campaign
May 2006, from the Wooster Collective
In 2001, Brian Haw began Parliament Square Peace Campaign (PSPC) , a 24/7 vigil to protest about the suffering of Iraqis during the 1990s because of economic sanctions.
It’s been a strange and fascinating journey with court rulings in favor and then against him, police raids, [...]
Lord Mason Complains to House of Lords about difficulty in getting to Parliament Square
“My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl for that informative reply. Is he aware that pedestrians crossing Bridge Street at the junction with Parliament Square are allocated a mere 12.5 seconds to cross in every minute-and-a-half; that is, eight-and-one-third minutes in every hour? In practice [...]
Roots of Compromise, The Gardens of LACMA
and Reflections on Gardening Edibles on Traffic Islands
[ June 27, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
Go to the event details for:
The Gardens of LACMA
(part of Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA)
Islands of LA has focused on the temporary use of traffic islands as a vehicle to consider the city as well as examine and engage with public space for gathering (peaceable assembly), speech and questions of individual agency. [...]
Hippies on an Island in the 60s
That was the meeting place.
If I went down there, I was bound to end up running off on some kind of rendezvous.
Or we’d just hang, have some apple wine.
23 Sudanese Massacered on a Traffic Circle in Cairo
On December 30, 2005 in Cairo, after occupying a traffic circle in Cairo for 3 months, Sudanese refugees were forcible removed.