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LA reopens City Hall park trashed by protests
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trampled during weeks of anti-Wall Street protests, City Hall Park reopened Thursday after a $1 million makeover that left fences in place to block campers. "We're going to ask Angelenos to respect this park, to respect the native plants, to make sure that when you're walking on the park, that you walk softly and enjoy immensely," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference christening the renovation. Occupy L.A. demonstrators — part of the nationwide social justice protests — were allowed to take over City Hall lawns for nearly two months last fall, creating a tent city that sprawled over the 1.7-acre park.