Los Angeles — An Occupy L.A. protester raises a fist outside City Hall after a news conference during which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opened the gates to the renovated City Hall park, making it once again available to the public.
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Los Angeles — Audra Lucas, center, exercises in a communal yoga class after a news conference during which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opened the gates to City Hall park, making it again available to the public.
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Los Angeles — Tyler, who gave only his first name, holds a bunch of balloons after a news conference during which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opened the gates to the refurbished City Hall park.
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Los Angeles — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opens the gates to City Hall park, making it again available to the public after a long closure for replanting and landscaping following the Occupy L.A. encampment.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Occupy L.A. protesters rally outside the City Hall park gates during Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's news conference.
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Reseeding of the Los Angeles City Hall lawn begins on this section March 8.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times
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Steve Barrett digs a trench for irrigation pipes at City Hall on March 29.
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Workers put concrete around posts as the landscaping of the lawn at City Hall gets into full swing March 8.
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A worker carries sacks of soil in a bobcat on April 5.
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The dirt will be covered with grass and areas of native and low-water plants.
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Grass begins to sprout March 21. The seed is a mixture of Kentucky blue grass, perennial rye and fescue.
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Native and low-water plants are added to the landscape at City Hall on April 17.
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The grass, shown March 30, flourishes outside City Hall.
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John Williams takes photos of the progress as work continues on the City Hall park on April 5.
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A fence surrounds the park at City Hall as work continues on the lawn April 5.
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Peter Ceglarski of AG Sod Farms moves a piece of sod into place on May 2.
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Jeff Graham, right, drives the roll machine that lays sod as Ron Taggart gathers the mesh off the sod May 2.
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