Posts Tagged ‘LosAngeles’
Los Angeles County’s oldest home in hidden inside a mobile home park
The oldest house in Los Angeles County is encircled by a ring of aging mobile homes just off the 5 Freeway in the working-class city of Bell Gardens. Concealed from view and largely blocked off to the public, Casa de Rancho San Antonio contains the story of California. As historians tell it, the adobe structure was built…
Read MoreGeorge J. Sanchez and the wonder of Boyle Heights
George J. Sanchez, a USC professor and author of the new book “: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy,” shares his appreciation for his birthplace, the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. He sees it as a rare…
Read MoreRosecrans Baldwin’s L.A. embrace
Rosecrans Baldwin, a novelist and journalist, adds his unique voice in trying to make sense of what he calls the “city-state” of Los Angeles. He talks about L.A. as welcoming but somehow detached from the rest of America. While Baldwin argues that…
Read MoreMichael Storper on the L.A. vs. Bay Area conundrum
Michael Storper, one of the world’s leading economic geographers and a professor at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, goes deep into the history and resulting contemporary problems facing Los Angeles and the Bay Area. He explains why some…
Read MoreRon Brownstein on the magic of 1974 Los Angeles
The writer Ron Brownstein takes us back to 1974 Los Angeles, a period he views as a cultural and political hinge point. It was during that year — as Brownstein details in his new book, “” — that Los Angeles reached its creative peak, transforming…
Read MoreJoe Mathews on how L.A. is failing California
Joe Mathews, a long-time California journalist, thinks that the state has a big problem, and the problem’s name is Los Angeles. Mathews argues that Los Angeles County, home to 25% of the state’s population, undermines the state and holds back its…
Read MoreTracy L. Chandler on photography, memory, and connection
Tracy L Chandler is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles. She talks about her work, which explores fringe communities and addresses themes of seeing and being seen. She examines photography and images as a way to engage the world.
Read MorePeter Lunenfeld reimagines Los Angeles
Peter Lunenfeld, vice-chair of UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts, appreciates Los Angeles as one of the world’s supercities. Even amid Covid, politics, and competition for the future from Silicon Valley, he sees a city thriving with…
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