May 2013 Archives
Where We Are:
Metro's Blue Line is the oldest in the system. It's showing its age and its limitations. Long Beach city officials hope for some improvement.
Cakewalk:
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition is making a difference -- really.
LA as Subject:
Angels Flight is a remnant of an earlier age. Incline railways once climbed hillsides and conquered steep grades across Southern California.
West Is Eden:
Chris Martinez left an indelible trail. This is a fine thing, because there can never be enough smiles.
East CA:
The city of Yucca Valley has high hopes that it will be able to make itself indistinguishable from any other uninteresting cluster of stripmalls in the state.
Where We Are:
I was going to take the rosary away when, thinking better of it, I walked back.
Where We Are:
Studio One Eleven - the people behind the 'parklets' idea - have re-imagined waiting for a plane. Think of it as your holiday on a modernist main street. You may want to rebook to a later flight.
Cakewalk:
The end of the school year compels me to write another story -- though certainly not the last -- about one of LAUSD's most successful but most beleaguered campuses.
Transpacific Routes:
I improvised my presentation by engaging in a discussion about current social media practices here. But somewhere in the discussion, I went off on a not-too-irrelevant tangent and unexpectedly landed on the topic of Asian American identity.
LA as Subject:
Located in present-day Lincoln Heights, Eastlake Park was once the crown jewel of L.A.'s public park system.
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I Am Los Angeles: Strings of Success
Sasha is content just to be living his life on his own terms, doing something he thoroughly enjoys: building and playing guitars.
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