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Travel
Public Swimming Pools in Los Angeles
Post date:There's a public swimming pool out there that will suit your preferences.
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la river bike path
History & Society
Cyclists and Candidates Gear Up to #BiketheVote
Post date:With the city election just around the corner on March 3, bicycle issues are coming into play more than ever before.
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architecture
History & Society
Barnsdall Art Park: Lofty Ambition Amongst the Olive Leaves
Post date:Behind the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House near Los Feliz lies a fascinating and complicated story, and at its center, a woman whose dreams were often dashed by bureaucracy, difficult collaborators, and herself.
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architecture
History & Society
Two Los Angeles Documentaries and the North Hollywood Lit-Crawl
Post date:This week L.A. Letters covers two poignant Los Angeles documentaries, and also gives a brief overview of the forthcoming literary mega-event in North Hollywood.
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Buena Park
History & Society
Animal Behaviors: Japanese Village and Deer Park in Buena Park
Post date:The now defunct theme park was home to hundreds of animals, including a somersaulting bear, a roller skating macaw, and poker playing koi fish. Unfortunately, many of them did not go out with a happy ending.
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Murals
Departures
Mobile Mapping Technology Helps Build Stronger and Healthier Communities in Los Angeles
Post date:With the proliferation of mobile phones, digital cartography has taken off as a community-building tool. Using geotags for posted photographs and status updates, people can relay valuable information about the communities they live in.
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block by block
History & Society
The Missing Link: Exploring the Regional Connector Transit Corridor
Post date:Of the five Metro rail projects currently under construction in L.A., the Regional Connector is the shortest at just 1.9 miles long -- the but its consequences will be among the most far-reaching.
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art
Departures
Kentifrican Museum of Culture Brings Collaboration and Creativity to Leimert Park
Post date:The fictional continent of Kentifrica serves as a platform to explore themes of intermingling history and identity, and how particular neighborhoods reconstruct narratives to keep their culture alive.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
From the Streets of L.A. to Paris and London: Professor Street Art's Euro Tour
Post date:While there is no center to the art world in the 21st century, Angelenos wanting to extend their mark have crossed the pond to add to their international reputation, extend their fan base, and contribute to a larger dialogue.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Two Recent Works from Interdisciplinary Los Angeles
Post date:This week L.A. Letters brings you the best from Interdisciplinary Los Angeles, covering recent works from Edward Soja and Michael C. Ford.
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city planning
Departures
Residents Work Towards a Healthy Northeast San Fernando Valley
Post date:For many years communities like Pacoima have been planned and built for us, instead of with us. The effects of the lack of community input are evident: polluting industry next to homes, lack of economic development opportunities, lack of green space, a...
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Monthly Mural Wrap: A Dozen Tags for May, 2014
Post date:As lawmakers seek to add another chapter to the ongoing saga of the mural ordinance, the world of street art keeps turning. Here's our mural wrap for May.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Don't Buy It: Art is More Than a Temporary Experience
Post date:"Professor Street Art" shares his thoughts about street art at Coachella and how such events can make us lazy art consumers.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Volunteers Help Complete Santa Clarita Mosaic Mural in Record Time
Post date:The 40-foot-long mural project along the busy South Fork Trail is nearing completion ahead of schedule, thanks to the enthusiastic support from the community.
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History
Earth Focus
Are We Doing All We Can for the Zanja Madre?
Post date:Should this section of the historic water system placed in the National Register of Historic Places?
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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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writing on the wall
History & Society
Palm Springs To Consider Mural Ordinance
Post date:The emergence of murals in the desert city has also created conflicts regarding permits.
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biking
Earth Focus
'Rail to River' Project Envisions Greenway Along Train Tracks
Post date:The propsosed 8.3-mile park-like path would wind down from near the L.A. River downtown to its terminus near the future LAX/Crenshaw Metro line.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
A Mural Chat with an 'Urban Legend'
Post date:James Prigoff is the prolific author, photographer, and lecturer on murals, considered one of the major forces in giving dignity and credibility to an art form that once was considered to be vandalism.