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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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• The Daily Report

  D.C. Metro Purple Line: Yes Or No?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Aug 12th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, suburbs, transit, green, construction, metro, 2008, development, maryland, suburb, amtrak, trains, planning, neighborhoods, martin o'malley, purple line | 8

  Connecting D.C. area suburbs with a new Metro line will be complicated. Lawsuits and local politics have delayed the proposed Purple Line connection between Bethesda, Silver springs and New Carrollton.

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• Columnists

  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, great neighborhoods, pasadena, 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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