When you're thinking of a fun and interesting place to hang out, does the Los Angeles River ever cross your mind? Probably not. But a city councilmemeber is trying to turn the 51-mile concrete thoroughfare into an L.A. hotspot.

Reseda resident Ron Lavon is looking through his fence to get a peek at his backyard view of the river, which isn't really much of a view.

“I don't see any water right now. I just see concrete and metal,” says Lavon.

Concrete, metal and a lane of stagnant water are what make up most of the L.A. River.

“Something should be happening to the L.A. River to make it better. If they can change it to make us have a better view to, you know, for the whole community that lives around here, just because I don't want to see concrete,” said Lavon.

Another person who doesn't want to see all of that concrete is City Councilmember, Bob Blumenfield. That's why he's been working to transform what is basically just a storm channel into a green parkway and recreation zone.

“The L.A. river is a great example of how do you convert something that has, in many ways, been written off. These houses have their back to the L.A. River, and if you look at it, especially right here, it looks like a drainage ditch," said Blumenfield.

"But there's a vision. There's an idea that this this used to be a mighty river, and it can once again be not only a river that flows, but an amenity.”

Blumenfield is walking through the Los Angeles River and Aliso Creek Confluence Park in Reseda, which was previously owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, that he turned into a two-acre park back in 2016.

For people who live across from this park, like Prospero Medina, the view isn't half bad.

“The views over here right now we like it” says Medina, peering over his fence.

Blumenfield has plans to make a lot more residents like Medina in his district happy.

“That vision of transforming this river into a natural zone. And if we do this, all parts along the river and that river will come together like a beautiful symphony," says Blumenfield.

"It'll be an amenity that will rival any other amenity that a city might have.”