The Big Parade III - Los Angeles - 2011
Two Days - 35 Miles - 100+ Stairways - JOIN US!
Friends of the Big Parade

  • Alissa Walker leads practice walks, knows Los Angeles inside and out, and is the world's biggest Gelato fan.
  • Bob Inman is the stairway king of Los Angeles; he also leads practice walks, and is designing the Friday prologue. His book is the ultimate pocket stairway reference.
  • Andrew Lichtman and Ying Chen are the grizzled vets and ultimate public walk inspirers.
  • Carrie and Dean Okrand are hot on their heels for that position.
  • Kristin Bedford wrangled movies.
  • The Echo Park Film Center helped make our movie - and tons of other public cinema events - happen.
  • Helen Springut (of Thrillist) gave awesome advice and helped wrangle music.
  • Friends of Griffith Park are our friends, too.
  • Amazing music for 2011 comes from RTNTHE44s and The Worldwide Ukelele Orchestra.
  • Use the LA Metro to get to and from our walks.
  • Learn about the Los Angeles Parks Department - we'll be passing through over a dozen local facilities.
  • GreenLAGirl writes about environmentally conscious living in Los Angeles.
  • Streetsblog LA provides news and advocacy for self-powered and mass transit.
  • LAIst, for breaking local news and information.
  • The Great Los Angeles Walk is another group on-foot event.
  • The Echo Park Historical Society has a local stairway map and comprehensive information on the historic neighborhood that contains nearly 1/3rd of the route's public stairways.
  • The Eastsider is Echo Park's blog lifeline to the rest of the known universe...
  • The "Welcome to Silverlake" website has info on the "other" neighborhood that has the walk's high stairway concentration.
  • Hope Anderson writes about Beachwood Canyon, the Hollywood Sign, and LA culture.
  • Steven Box keeps the local transit powers-that-be honest.
  • The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition is holding its annual River Ride the week before the Big Parade. You should try it!
  • Silverlake's In & Up Pilates will help build you core strength - and prevent injury - before the Parade.
  • Diane Edwardson is dedicated to preserving the amazing Corralitas Red Car site at Silverlake's north end.
  • Fallen Fruit is all about the edible streets of Los Angeles - and beyond.
  • The Los Angeles Eco-Village is a cooperative, sustainable, urban community.
  • Lisa Anne Auerbach is a great artist and helped to organize the Big Parade.
  • Dave Ptatch lives in Fellowship Park and it shows.
  • Charles Fleming has a book about stairs in Los Angeles.
  • Puzzles is my kitten.
  • Otto is my son.
  • Kalee is my wife.