Bicycle Kitchen (Los Angeles)
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The Bicycle Kitchen is a non-profit bicycle cooperative
in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
, dedicated to educating the community on bicycle repair and maintenance and promoting a velo-centric way of life in America's most car-dominated city.
, in the kitchen of an unused apartment at the Los Angeles Eco-Village. The Eco-Village community was supportive of the project as the local bike shop but soon others joined in, among them Ben Guzman, Aaron Salinger and Randy Metz. In the following year, the bicycle kitchen became a community resource and a local spot for bicycle enthusiasts.
By the winter of 2004, the small space could not accommodate the number of people attending, so the loosely organized group of volunteers decided to find a different space and become a collectively run non-profit organization.
Bicycle Kitchen
Bicycle Kitchen or Bike Kitchen is a term that refers to a number of independent non-profit and often cooperative organizations that educate cyclists on bicycle mechanics and ridership, and encourage local cycling.- Locations :...
in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, dedicated to educating the community on bicycle repair and maintenance and promoting a velo-centric way of life in America's most car-dominated city.
History
The Los Angeles Bicycle Kitchen, also known as "La Bici Cocina", was originally created in 2002 by Jimmy Lizama, a local bicycle messengerBicycle messenger
Bicycle messengers are people who work for courier companies carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business districts of metropolitan areas...
, in the kitchen of an unused apartment at the Los Angeles Eco-Village. The Eco-Village community was supportive of the project as the local bike shop but soon others joined in, among them Ben Guzman, Aaron Salinger and Randy Metz. In the following year, the bicycle kitchen became a community resource and a local spot for bicycle enthusiasts.
By the winter of 2004, the small space could not accommodate the number of people attending, so the loosely organized group of volunteers decided to find a different space and become a collectively run non-profit organization.