People listen as Los Angeles City Councilmembers Curren Price and Herb Wesson announce plans to introduce a motion to legally rename Figueroa Street from Olympic Boulevard to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as “Kobe Bryant Boulevard” in honor of the late Lakers star. The announcement was made during a press conference outside the Staples Canter on Kobe Bryant Day, Monday August 24th in Los Angeles.. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) LOS ANGELES — Monday is Kobe Bryant Day in Los Angeles and Orange County, honoring the late Los Angeles Lakers star, and it’ll be highlighted by a move to rename a downtown stretch of Figueroa Street outside Staples Center in recognition of his legacy. “This is a gift to the city of Los Angeles and to all the Kobe Bryant fans around the world,” City Councilman Curren Price said in a statement announcing a proposal to rename the street. “L.A. streets will rise in honor of the ‘King of L.A.’” Price and Councilman Herb Wesson plan to introduce a motion Tuesday calling for the stretch of Figueroa between Olympic and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards to be named Kobe Bryant Boulevard. That stretch covers the portion […]
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