<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B&amp;amp;W Photography by Yoon Sul&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nColor Photography by Carleton Curtis&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[&lt;em&gt;WILMINGTON, CA&lt;\\/em&gt;] If I told you the City of Los Angeles didn&amp;#8217;t boast a 100% skate plaza, would you believe me? Well up until yesterday, the so-called skate mecca of the world didn&amp;#8217;t have one. I know, poor Los Angeles, right? Nevertheless, the grand opening of the brand-spankin&amp;#8217;-new Ambassador Skate Plaza in Wilmington yesterday was a monumental occasion. Technically, the park opened six years ago but its design just wasn&amp;#8217;t cutting it anymore by today&amp;#8217;s standards. As demonstrated by any &lt;a href=\\\"\\/2008\\/07\\/30\\/maloof-money-cup-final-shesh-videos\\/\\\" target=\\\"new\\\"&gt;recent contest&lt;\\/a&gt; and of course, the &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.skateplaza.com\\\" target=\\\"new\\\"&gt;DC Skate Plaza&lt;\\/a&gt; project, it&amp;#8217;s all about mimicking the streets. So Maxwell Billieon of the &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.theambassadorseries.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"new\\\"&gt;Ambassador Series&lt;\\/a&gt; approached councilwoman Janice Hahn and the LA Department of Recreation and Parks with the idea of revamping the park&amp;#8230; and the rest, as you&amp;#8217;ll soon see, is history. Big ups to co-designer Paul Rodriguez, Daewon Song, and the City of LA for creating an amazing (and free!) concrete and granite wonderland. Plus, no pads!!!\\u2014&lt;strong&gt;Carleton Curtis&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;325 N Neptune Ave, Wilmington, CA 90744&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000074432 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/las-first-skate-plaza-grand-opening-photos\\/attachment\\/dae\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/dae-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dae\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/dae-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/dae-90x60.jpg 90w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/las-first-skate-plaza-grand-opening-photos\\/attachment\\/4n0i4821\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/4n0i4821-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"4n0i4821\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/4n0i4821-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/4n0i4821-90x60.jpg 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/4n0i4821-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/4n0i4821.jpg 1000w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/las-first-skate-plaza-grand-opening-photos\\/attachment\\/newmarq\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"newmarq\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq-90x60.jpg 90w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/las-first-skate-plaza-grand-opening-photos\\/attachment\\/newmarq1\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq1-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"newmarq1\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq1-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq1-90x60.jpg 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq1.jpg 593w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/28\\/newmarq1.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://skateboarding.transworld.net/features/las-first-skate-plaza-grand-opening-photos/?show=gallery&nggpage=2&pid=23117>