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History & Society
The Lakewood Plan: Homeownership, Taxes, and Diversity in Postwar Suburbia
Post date:The city of Lakewood pioneered city contracting for public services, establishing a controversial model replicated by countless other suburbs in Los Angeles and beyond.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
On Location: Monterey Park
Post date:In the last three decades Monterey Park became known as the first city and suburb in America to have an Asian majority. Advertised in Asia as the "Chinese Beverly Hills," the city's unique social history has made it the subject of several books in the ...
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intersections
History & Society
Ralphs, the Big Lebowski, and Shaping the American Shopping Experience
Post date:Ralphs' innovations in retail and supermarkets in Los Angeles rippled through the industry and became a catalyst for suburban expansion.
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census
1st and Spring
We're Number 1! In Density, That Is.
Post date:In a seeming paradox, the Los Angeles region has been near the top in urbanization for a long time.
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Connecticut
SoCal Focus
Slow Time: Walking, Working, and the Making of a Writer
Post date:Some ways of looking at a poet, businessman, and pedestrian
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house
Commentary
21. My house is a very fine house.
Post date:They are not beautiful houses. They are not sentimental. They do not appear to be consoling.
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books
Commentary
9. Trivial stories
Post date:The definition of spawl now depends (looking back) on what you define as L.A.