And the homeless?

Re “Connecting the spots,” March 12, and “L.A. hopes its park will be as grand as Chicago’s,” March 14

The Times’ two long articles on the new Civic Center Park downtown did a great job of discussing many aspects of the project but refrained from mentioning one: its interaction with the single most powerful visual and emotional aspect of downtown L.A. -- the very large population of homeless people.

Thanks. I don’t like thinking of them either.

Douglas K. Fenwick

Pacific Palisades