August 2013 Archives
LA Letters:
This week L.A. Letters reflects on the ever changing landscape of San Francisco, some different perspectives by several authors, as well as a brief glance at the city's literary tradition and contemporary poetry scene.
Graveyards of LA:
African American, Japanese, Armenian, Mexican, Irish, French, Jewish, English, Scottish, Union, Confederate -- all are represented at this first privately operated cemetery in Los Angeles, opened in 1877.
Writing on the Wall:
The mural ordinance, which would lift the 11-year city-wide ban on murals, was passed by city council -- almost.
Green Justice:
David Garcia suffered exposure to disparate and adverse levels of methyl bromide while attending Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California, according to the suit.
Block by Block:
The subway is currently expected to reach the Westside VA in 2035, the year that, tellingly, is the setting for both "Twelve Monkeys" and "I, Robot." Will we even live to see the subway reach the sea?
Writing on the Wall:
Provoking awareness of both an inner and outer nature, Noguchi's work fosters self-reflection and a collective call to honor and appreciate the crucial but tenuous relationship Californians hold with their precious resources.
A Los Angeles Primer:
In only 56 years, downtown's Bunker Hill went from the formerly grand but still dignified shambles that housed Arturo Bandini, down-and-out protagonist of John Fante's "Ask the Dust", to the stand of gleaming high-rises that itself simulated a virtual city in the techno-thriller "Virtuosity". Should, or can, we keep one Bunker Hill in mind while thinking about the other?
LA Letters:
As the vision behind some of L.A.'s most iconic buildings -- City Hall, Union Station, Memorial Coliseum, Bullocks Wilshire -- why isn't he as celebrated as many of his peers?
Lost Landmarks:
She represents our country at its best and most unified, and looking out on the lawns filled with citizens of all nationalities and economic classes, it seems she couldn't have picked a better spot.
Intersections:
The bowling alley, which was demolished in 2003, served as an integrated leisure space where African, Mexican, and Asian Americans could interact.
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