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The California desert town's mural program was born out of a tradition that began in Vancouver, B.C.
Ventura Harbor.
Ventura's current dredging project will continue and continue and continue as long as we decide we want a harbor.
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The closing of a longstanding gathering place for the black community marks a bittersweet new beginning for Leimert Park.
Youth Institute participants share their objects
The WELA YMCA Youth Institute members were asked to critically examine their neighborhood and explore their community. This exploration was launched by inviting students to answer questions and have an open dialogue about the familiar places in their comm
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This vacant lot has been making the neighborhood look bad and we would love to change it to a community garden/park because it would encourage people to interact with each other, make new friends and it would give the neighborhood a good image.
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In the 70s, American downtowns turned away from the streets and toward the enclosed, the climate-controlled, and the monitored. Here, the movement produced Macy's Plaza and the Bonaventure Hotel. What separates the former, a decrepit mall soon to recei...
Currently, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle about 40 percent of the nation's entire containerized trade from Asia but competition is rising quickly.
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The impact of a mural is often determined by its location and context, as illustrated by two new murals that recently popped up in downtown L.A.
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For thirteen years my car and I have had a splendid relationship. But now it may be over, and I'm taking it hard.
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The City of Los Angeles has tremendous opportunity to close the chasm of inequality with the renewed investment in transportation and focus on development adjacent to transportation.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights a new play celebrating Latina voices, along with five iconic L.A. women writers.
In the early decades of the 20th century, some California hillsides bloomed not with golden poppies but with concrete numbers.
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