Construction Underway on Tiara Street Intergenerational Center

Construction on the long-planned, long-delayed Tiara Street Intergenerational Center at Lankershim Boulevard and Tiara Street is underway.

According to Councilman Tom LaBonge's website and laparks.org, the area will feature a 2,200-square-foot center, a community park with a new playground, picnic areas, a 22-car parking lot, an outdoor amphitheater, solar powered lighting, outdoor fitness exercise equipment stations, decomposed granite walking paths and a board game area.

Ground was broken on the the $2.1 million project in July of 2011 with a planned one-year construction period. The park will be built on a 1.56-acre property that is currently undeveloped near Maurice Sendak Elementary School and was formerly the site of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood Police Station.

Plans for the center date way back to 1999, see this L.A. Times article: Intergenerational Center Set to Cater to All Ages in 2000