Best Of The West LA Courthouse: 1988-2024

THE WEST LA COURTHOUSE HAS BEEN SAVED (AGAIN)!

Thanks to Converse, Alec Beck at the Skatepark Project, and City Councilwoman Traci Park, the West LA Civic Center plaza—the Stage®, the Fountain®, benches, stairs and now multiple DIY curbs, flatbars, launch ramps and assorted nick-knacks will all be saved from redevelopment/demolition and serve as an official skate plaza once again. If you read nothing else in this article, take note of this event:

Saturday, February 7th, 2026 (11:00AM-2PM) will see the unveiling of the brand new skate obstacles and the official re-opening of the now Converse backed Courthouse Skate Plaza!

Come through Santa Monica Blvd. and Purdue in West LA and celebrate 50 years of skateboard history and progression. Picture this as Courthouse’s ‘Epicenter’—the recent celebration in SF of the legendary Embarcadero. Except this one perhaps has a happier ending (It looks like EMB will still be bulldozed).—Mackenzie Eisenhour