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Connecting a "Balkanized" City
Last month we hosted co-hosted live event at frank with Alissa Walker and a group of experts to talk about “investments and policy decisions that LA is making in preparation for its megaevent-hosting era.” We liked what Chris Torres had to...
Torched: LIVE
Last week we had a lovely in-person event hosted by Alissa Walker of Torched. Building off of her extensive reporting and our interview with her from a few months ago, she hosted a conversation that turned a critical eye on the civic invest...
The Rubric Already Exists
Source: Utopiad.org
Our interview today is with architect and designer Daveed Kapoor, continuing our Place Issue. Kapoor is a wealth of knowledge on the regulatory make-up that underpins the design of Los Angeles, and we had a lot of fun g...
Weekly Roundup
2,300 are dead across the Middle East as a result of our new war, most in Iran. At least 13 American soldiers are dead. As we leave the third week of war, there are no signs of it slowing down — Trump yesterday asked for $200 billion more i...
But Not LA
We first started talking about shade and how it relates to public space a few years back when we spoke with Ersela Kripa, an architect based in El Paso. Back in 2022, she told us: “We assume we have specific rights as they are guaranteed by...
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Exploring how to create better places for all in our shared built environment through the lens of urban planning, real estate development and placemaking.
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