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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, california, los angeles, growth, denver, new urbanism, smart growth, neighborhoods, ventura, urbanism, pasadena, azusa, southern california, downtown redevelopment, great neighborhoods | 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, industrial, monograph, art exhibit, getty center | 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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• The Daily Report

  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, pershing square, planning, james rojas, 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: california, los angeles, 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, california, los angeles, downtown, 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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• Headlines

  King Corn, Sexual Abuse Victims Confront Benedict, East LA’s Taco Trucks, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Mon, Apr 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: los angeles, construction, beijing, pollution, olympics, corn, sexual abuse, street vendors, pope, clean electricity, sunlight, mirrors, catholic church, agribusiness, yale, tacos | 1

  Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more

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• Headlines

  Release of Clinton documents, Detroit mayorial scandal, Supreme Court discussion on guns, and more

  David Anderson | Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hillary clinton, detroit, obama, david anderson, economy, los angeles, energy, oil, police, lobbyist, corruption, policemen, gun control, std, fed, supreme court, stocks, utah, st. louis | 0

  Notable excerpts of the day on the election, Supreme Court, stocks, energy, corruption, lobbyists, police, Utah’s STDs, and more from all over the country.

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• Headlines

  Obama’s 3rd opponent, power, lighting, Bob Barker, more

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 27th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: new york city, hillary clinton, barack obama, david anderson, los angeles, seattle, denver, minneapolis, seattle school district, institutional memory, intellectual property, pet sterilization, air conditioning, counterfeit, ralph nader, slingshot, bob barker, street lighting, power outage, university of washington | 0

  Nader unloads on Obama, Clinton

  Ralph Nader to the rescue. His third run at the Presidency, he told Politico, is due to the “spinelessness of the potential Democratic nominees, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).” He cites Obama’s “relatively mediocre” Senate record as well as Clinton being “a panderer and a flatterer.” Nader knows his chances are slim as he admits, “‘Obviously, the system is triple-rigged against any small candidate.’” His run is more a…

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• Headlines

  Dangerous Obesity, Mississippi Skyline, Halted Downtowns, more

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Feb 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, los angeles, downtown, construction, katrina, skyliine, traffic plateau, green cart, mississippi skyline, obesity, architectural tension, small business, st louis, traffic growth | 0

  Manhattanville’s Architectural Tension

  “Beyond the glass and steel illustrations of Columbia’s planned Manhattanville buildings is a tension between preserving the aesthetic aspects of the neighborhood and convincing local residents to embrace a modern look.Although architecture alone does not create a space, design wields powerful force in helping to sculpt not only the physical characteristics, but also the emotional and psychological mood of a neighborhood. “What the community…

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• The Daily Report

  Fake nation: On the border (2nd in a 4-part series)

  Meredith Aska McBride | Wed, Feb 20th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, los angeles, fake id, fake nation, macarthur park, social liminality, big brother, civil liberties, real id, 9/11 | 0

  There’s a lot of overlap at the margins of legality and respectability. A college kid’s fake ID lives in this zone—illegal for now, but not as sketchy as it could be given that its owner will legitimately be able to drink in a few years. But college kids aren’t the fake-ID owners law enforcement is especially worried about.

  As technology continues to improve, it’s getting easier and easier for illegal immigrants to get not just fake drivers’ licenses but also fake Social Security…

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• Headlines

  Civil War Democracy, traffic, bikes, crack

  David Anderson | Mon, Feb 11th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, hillary clinton, david anderson, los angeles, brooklyn, crack, bikes, super tuesday, civil war, selma, berkeley, usa today, common sense, us marines | 0

  Next Up for the Democrats: Civil War

  “The untold story in the run-up to Super Tuesday was Hillary Clinton’s elaborate live prime-time special the night before the vote. Presiding from a studio in New York, the candidate took questions from audiences in 21 other cities. She had plugged the event four days earlier in the last gasp of her debate with Barack Obama and paid a small fortune for it: an hour of time on the Hallmark Channel plus satellite TV hookups for the assemblies of…

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• Headlines

  Maglev vs. Subway, Biofuel hazards, World Bank Pronouncements, more

  Hayley Richardson | Fri, Feb 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, california, los angeles, harlem, ethanol, cebu city, world bank, frederick douglass, maglev, transit oriented development, net zero energy | 0

  Reimagining Cities

  “Cities are now home to half of the world’s 6.6 billion humans. By 2030, nearly 5 billion people will live in cities. This special issue explores the enormous implications of the mass embrace of city life. News articles offer a look at how cities are tackling specific problems, a set of Reviews and Perspectives examines trends and demographics arising from the urban transformation.”

  Disagreements over Harlem’s Redevelopment

  “The Department of Housing,…

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• The Daily Report

  Filmmaking as public art

  Matt Stroud | Sat, Dec 29th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: los angeles, public art, planetizen, filmmaking | 0

  When a building is surrounded by cameras and lights or an entire street is blocked off for filming in L.A., you don’t really notice. At least I don’t. Not anymore. Well, I notice, but the sight is so familiar that to me and to many in Los Angeles, it is not too much different than seeing kids at the park or hardhat guys working on a road.

  Witnessing something being filmed in L.A.—be it a movie, a car commercial, a TV show or a music video—is not unusual. But the fact that it just kind…

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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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