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  Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, park(ing) day | 3

  Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists. 

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  Made in America

  Hamida Kinge | Sun, Aug 17th, 2008 | Category: Interviews | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brooklyn, sports, music, violence, prison, filmmaking, documentary, neighborhoods, skateboarding, gangs | 1

  Stacy Peralta, former skateboarding icon turned documentary filmmaker, spent 15 years wanting to make the film that eventually became Made In America. An examination of gang life in South Central, Los Angeles, the film combines historic footage and interviews with current and former gang members, as well as activists and experts. Next American City’s Hamida Kinge recently called Peralta at his Los Angeles home to discuss the film, Los Angeles, gangs and racial inequity.

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  L.A. City Council Turns Fast Food Into a Zoning Issue

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 15th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brian krier, obesity, city council, public health, fast food, food zoning, jan perry, food desert | 3

  In a unanimous vote on July 29, the Los Angeles City Council approved a one-year moratorium on the opening of new fast food establishments in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Was the council acting in its constituents’ best interests or did the city extend itself too far into the lives of its residents?

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• Columnists

  Nuisance Abatement!

  Jeremy Rosenberg | Mon, Jul 28th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, jeremy rosenberg | 0

  South Los Angeles’ Community Coalition employs land use and licensing laws to take on and take down liquor stores and motels that make for bad neighbors.

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  Mariachis Where?

  Jeremy Rosenberg | Mon, Jul 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, jeremy rosenberg, mariachis, elacc, boyle heights | 0

  Subway construction and gentrification worries have some of Los Angeles’ best-dressed bards singing los azules. The renovation of an historic Boyle Heights hotel might help. (Photos after the jump!)

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  Is It True That Nobody Walks in L.A.?

  Simmons Buntin | Thu, Jul 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: simmons buntin, suburbs, los angeles, california, growth, denver, new urbanism, smart growth, neighborhoods, downtown redevelopment, pasadena, great neighborhoods, southern california, urbanism, ventura, azusa | 0

  “Walkin’ in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.,” sings the 80s band Missing Persons. But from the handful of times I’ve been to L.A. — including my trip two weeks ago — I can’t help but think the song is only half right.  And the resurgence of great Los Angeles-area neighborhoods and cities is due to public leaders like Rick Cole, Ventura city manager, who are after the “authentic” in city design and development.

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  The Industrial Image

  Calista Condo | Wed, Jul 16th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, calista condo, bernd and hill becher, art exhibit, getty center, industrial, monograph | 0

  Bernd and Hilla Becher have documented their industrial surrounds since the 1960s. With the creation of monographs and typologies made from their photos, their works have created an innovative view of the dying industrial structures and the mundane things we see everyday. Their work will be on display at the Getty Center in Los Angeles until September. 

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  Crown of Thorns

  Jeremy Rosenberg | Mon, Jul 14th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: environment, building, los angeles, downtown, architecture, dubai, jeremy rosenberg, los angeles city hall | 1

  The tops of L.A.’s buildings are bland as a smogless sunset. But at least this design saves lives — right?

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  Elephants in Pershing Square?

  Jeremy Rosenberg | Mon, Jul 7th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, jeremy rosenberg, planning, james rojas, pershing square, bunker hill | 1

  Urban planner James Rojas works with Legos, Mah-Jongg tiles, Scrabble letters — and the public at large — to model a more livable city. Los Angeles guest-blogger Jeremy Rosenberg reports.
  

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  It Takes a Village

  Next American City | Mon, Jun 30th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, california, sustainability, traffic, jeremy rosenberg, lois arkin, car retraining | 0

  On a block with a quixotic history, Lois Arkin and company dream up a sustainable urban community. Guest-blogger Jeremy Rosenberg reports from Los Angeles.

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  William Fulton’s Tribute to Robert Maguire

  Next American City | Tue, Jun 3rd, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Los Angeles | Tags: building, downtown, los angeles, california, architects, next american city, development, robert maguire, william fulton | 0

  Yesterday, L.A. Times ran this tribute piece by William Fulton. “He took downtown to a new place” is an ode to an urban planner that, in Fulton’s words, defined a decade of development. 

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  Federalism and Pollution: Enemies of Los Angeles

  Evan Miller | Wed, May 7th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: environment, transportation, economy, california, energy, green, evan miller, the new argument, oil, video, sports, events, congress, target, average, mandate, epa | 2

  With the recent White House-sanctioned raise in CAFE standards, the battle of federal fuel economy regulations versus state emissions and pollutants standards will clash once again. A fight that killed General Motor’s electric car in the 90s, Los Angeles and cities like it will not let their states loosen environmental standards at the hand of federalism. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. 

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  Sister Cities: David Hasselhoff Binds Berlin and Los Angeles

  Jeffrey Hill | Sun, Dec 30th, 2007 | Category: Report | City: Los Angeles | Tags: jeffrey hill, joel washing, david hasselhoff, sister cities international, sister cities, two toledos, jacob david | 0

  Los Angeles and Berlin celebrated their 40th anniversary as Sister Cities this year -- sharing stories of mom and dad, high school hijinx, and the bet over who would be the first to get married. Berlin lost the bet, of course, when in 1989, it was joined with East Germany in matrimony under the powers invested in David Hasselhoff. There’s little that can come between these two siblings: they share everything from a cup of sugar to experiences in judicial practices to police and fire…

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  Los Angeles’ transit system is inefficient (and no amount of advertising is going to fix it)

  Matt Stroud | Fri, Nov 16th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: san francisco, los angeles, public transportation, mta, nexmuni, billboards | 2

  If you’re in Los Angeles, the bus is in your face. It’s on the wall, it’s on the TV, it’s on the pages of magazines and newspapers. The bus is even on the bus. A massive advertising campaign has the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority practically everywhere in L.A. But it’s not on the street where it needs to be the most.
  

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