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# Greening gets two thumbs up
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/greening-gets-two-thumbs-up-editor/
- Published: 2008-02-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:25:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Hank Rosenfed*

This past week, they laid the first swath of greensward down by the beach in Ocean Park as part of the South Beach Demonstration Project, a bright growing spread that the signs say is replacing “30,000 square feet of asphalt with natural turf.” But as I strolled past at sunset all I could think of was that song by David Byrne and the Talking Heads with the line, “There was a parking lot … now there’s nothing but flowers.” What a concept. Wow. Way to go Santa Monica!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 12, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)