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Olympics
Lost L.A.
How Public Transit Helped the 1932 Olympics Move Around Los Angeles
Post date:Streetcars, interurban trolleys, and a fleet of buses transported athletes and spectators around Los Angeles during the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Lost L.A.
Sammy Lee: A Life That Shaped the Currents of California and U.S. History
Post date:An Olympic gold medalist diver, Lee (1920-2016) fought housing segregation in California and communism abroad.
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Olympics
History & Society
Goodbye National Stadium For The Future
Post date:A group of devastated Tokyo residents are being forced out of their homes to make way for a new stadium that will be used for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Olympics
History & Society
Little Terror
Post date:Raquel combines training sessions and competitions with her work as an architect at a studio in Barcelona.
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Olympics
History & Society
In The Zone with Judoka Noël van t End
Post date:The story of Dutch judoka Noël van ’t End and his determination to reach the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Olympics
History & Society
Jordan Torres: The Bronx’s Fly Half by Justin Violini
Post date:Short documentary portrait of Jordan Torres, a teenage rugby player and model from the Bronx.
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Brazil
Democracy Now!
Brazil's Dance with the Devil: 2016 Rio Olympics Begin With Government Dysfunction
Post date:The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro come as Brazil is battling an economic recession, a massive Zika outbreak and the recent ouster of its democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff.
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Olympics
Should Los Angeles host the 2028 Olympic Games?
Post date:While many see this as an opportunity to bring attention and commerce to the city, hosting the Olympic Games is costly and disruptive.
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Olympics
Bud Greenspan Remembers: The 1984 L.A. Olympics
Bud Greenspan Remembers: The 1984 L.A. Olympics
Post date:This documentary chronicles the highlights of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.
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Olympics
A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance
Post date:The inspiring stories of Olympic hopefuls from diverse countries who are defying barriers.
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Olympics
Democracy Now!
In Wake of Coup, Should Brazil's Olympics Be Moved or Become a Site of Protest?
Post date:Brazil is battling an economic recession, a massive Zika outbreak, and its worst political crisis in over two decades.
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Where We Are
History & Society
Every Girl Plays: Dave Rodda and Recreation Equality
Post date:In the 1990s, it became common for critics of suburban places to see something unhealthy, almost perverse, in the recreational history of which Dave Rodda was so much a part.
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lost landmarks
History & Society
The Doorway of Champions: Los Angeles Athletic Club and the Pursuit of Civic Glory
Post date:Downtown Los Angeles' premier athletic club has been a destination for the region's top athletes, including many Olympics medalists, for more than 130 years.
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baseball
History & Society
Memories from the 1984 Olympics
Post date:This week L.A. Letters connects the dots between the World Cup in Brazil, celebration capitalism, and the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics.
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Agenda
Issues Surrounding Homophobia, Transgenderphobia in Sports Heard by Assembly Panel
Post date:"Fighting discrimination is the most important thing legislators can do," said Assemblymember Ian Calderon.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
L.A.'s 1984 Olympic Mural Team Reunited
Post date:The muralists who painted the walls for the 1984 Games exchanged hugs and stories last weekend like victorious Olympians.
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Olympics
News
Coliseum's Olympic Torch to Be Lit in Honor of John F. Kennedy
Post date:The Olympic torch at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be lit just after midnight tonight.
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intersections
History & Society
Diving into Integration: Sammy Lee, Historical Memory, and the Complexity of Housing Segregation in Cold War California
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leimert park
Departures
Leimert Park and the 1932 Olympics
Post date:Located in Baldwin Village, only a mile away from the nascent Leimert Park development, this was the very first Olympic Village since the ancient Greeks pitched their tents on the plain of Elis.
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Olympics
News
L.A. County Wants the Summer Olympics Back in 2024
Post date:"Los Angeles is home to more Olympians than anywhere in the world, and has twice hosted the summer Olympic Games," said Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.