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Sea lions, intertwined. | Photo: Courtesy Steve Munch
The right photograph takes you back, and whisks you forward and places you firmly in the present. Time travel exists.
Not only are most Americans mostly okay with where they call home, they generally think that their place has stayed pretty much the same.
Bridle paths ran down the center of Sunset Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, intersecting at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Courtesy of the Beverly Hills Public Library Historical Collection.
From 1923 until the 1960s, pathways dedicated to horse travel ran down the center of several Beverly Hills streets.
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In the style of literary journalism, we take a look at residents of Venice, CA, revealing feelings and thoughts about life on the streets, and especially friction between its residents.
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If all goes according to plan, Orange County's first Open Streets event will inspire people to re-imagine the way in which we use community space, embrace a healthier lifestyle, and interact with our neighbors wherever we might live.
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The first-ever Southeast L.A. Art Walk in Bell redefined the community as a destination for arts and culture, rather than a place people drive by.
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With good reason, nature appears to be available everywhere in Los Angeles. Who needs to set aside a park in Eden?
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The space occupied by Starlite Swap Meet in South El Monte can best be described as a void in the urban landscape, only becoming a place upon the arrival of the people who occupy it on weekends.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights the past, present and future of Artesia, one of the gateway cities on the southeastern border of Los Angeles County.
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South L.A. residents are increasingly vulnerable to a number of negative health outcomes due to high levels of pollution from traffic emissions and oil extraction sites in close proximity to homes, schools, parks, and healthcare facilities.
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We explore what happened when designers and programmers from educational design company GameDesk collaborated with 6th graders at the PlayMaker School in Los Angeles.
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In post-war Southern California, Japanese Americans created the built environment as much as much as anyone else, and few suburbs demonstrate Asian American agency like South Bay's Gardena.
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