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From Kyoto to Los Feliz: How Zen Made Architecture Cool Again

November 9, 2017 by Forrest O'Connor

From Kyoto to Los Feliz: How Zen Made Architecture Cool Again

The mid-century architectural style so popular today is the love child of two distinct cultural forces. One was the Bauhaus Movement in Pre-World War II Germany which embraced technology and sought to bring high design to the masses The other, came from the East in the form of the centuries-old aesthetics of Japan. Schindler, Neutra, […]

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Joan Didion and the Cultural Frontier of Franklin Avenue

November 3, 2017 by Forrest O'Connor

Joan Didion and the Cultural Frontier of Franklin Avenue

Martin Amis described Joan Didion as the “poet of California emptiness.” Didion is a sixth-generation Californian, tracing her roots back to surviving members of the Donner Party. Raised in the Sacramento Valley and educated at Berkeley, she is a native daughter and California and its characters figure heavily in her writing. Her first novel, Run […]

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The Irresistible Charm of the Condo Alternative

October 26, 2017 by Forrest O'Connor

The Irresistible Charm of the Condo Alternative

Everywhere you look, condominiums are on the rise. All along Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, La Brea Avenue, and every side street in between, there is a crane in the air. In a city faces with a growing housing shortage, condos make a lot of sense. They provide an affordable entry point for many first-time homebuyers. […]

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Where To Find A Walker’s Paradise in the Hollywood Hills

October 5, 2017 by Forrest O'Connor

Where To Find A Walker’s Paradise in the Hollywood Hills

No one walks in LA. That image of Los Angeles has stuck since the new wave band Missing Persons proclaimed it in 1982. It is hard to argue. Perhaps no city on earth is as closely connected to the image of the automobile or car culture as Los Angeles. We even have a museum dedicated […]

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Riding The Haunted Red Line To Hollywood

September 28, 2017 by Sandi Hemmerlein

Riding The Haunted Red Line To Hollywood

As much as I love trains, I’d only ridden the LA Metro once before taking the “Haunted Red Line” to Hollywood. After all, I don’t live near a Metro stop (yet—if the Purple Line Extension ever gets to Beverly Hills), and generally it would take me nearly as long to drive to a train station […]

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