MetroRiderLA

South Park welcomes you this Sunday.

My neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles is called South Park. While South Park does have a great little park (Grand Hope Park), I think it really gets its name from the sheer amount of parking lots in the neighborhood. Of course as a MetroRider and an urban dweller, my opinion of parking lots is generally negative. Thus, I’m always happy when someone discovers a more interesting use for these otherwise lifeless expanses of concrete.

Phillip Dane, founder of the famous Melrose Trading Post, has done just such a thing with a massive parking lot sandwiched between Grand and Olive and just north of 8th Street on the far edge of South Park. This Sunday he is introducing the South Park Flea Market in the hopes of bringing the unique finds and bargains of the Melrose Trading Post to Downtown. Thanks to its Downtown location, this flea market is one of the most transit accessible yet.

I was so excited about the prospect of the flea market, I offered Phillip some free banner ads in MetroRider’s new Sponsor section on the sidebar. Unfortunately the South Park Flea Market website, in typical L.A. fashion, neglects to mention just how transit accessible the location is. Even the blog Angelenic noticed this missing element in its write up about the event. I took the liberty of adding the transit access to the banner ad (and to the end of this post), but I encourage you to contact Phillip yourself and let him know how important it is to include transit access information on the site.

On more shameless plug… occasional MetroRiderLA contributor and good friend, JustMyNipples, will have a booth at the flea market (you can also see his banner ad on the page… obviously sponsors will be freebies for the time being) selling all sorts of great records and handmade stuffed animals among other things.

So if you’re looking for something different to do this Sunday, hope on a bus or train and ride down to South Park and check out the new flea market.

Metro Access:

• Rail: Red, Purple, Blue Lines via 7th Metro Center
• Bus: 14, 27, 36, 38, 66, 70, 71, 76, 81, 96, 484, 485, 490
• Check out the Metro Trip Planner for specifics.