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D.J. Waldie

D. J. Waldie (2017)

D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

D. J. Waldie (2017)
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At the Autry, Looking for the West
I went the other day to the Autry National Center in Griffith Park with a group of about 18 college students from Japan. They went to the Autry to look for the West.
At the Autry, Looking for the West
I went the other day to the Autry National Center in Griffith Park with a group of about 18 college students from Japan. They went to the Autry to look for the West
'Six Californias' Was Just One of Many Attempts to Break Up the State
The breaking up California is California's oldest political dogma.
Making the Public Realm Unwelcoming in Santa Monica, Lancaster
Guess which wins in the contest for public space: aesthetic interest, comfort, or fear?
Measuring Satisfaction With Where We Live
Not only are most Americans mostly okay with where they call home, they generally think that their place has stayed pretty much the same.
Naturally
The Paradoxes That Keep Some L.A. Neighborhoods 'Park Poor'
With good reason, nature appears to be available everywhere in Los Angeles. Who needs to set aside a park in Eden?
Passages, Passings, and the Last Sight of Fathers
My father died behind a well-made wooden bathroom door late on the evening of August 15, 1982 (and the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary).
Rancho
Museums, Historic Buildings, and Oases: The Place of Places in Los Angeles
Some things complicate how visitors engage with sites that assert the durability of meanings and memories.
Then There Were Three: Regional Water Agencies Tainted by Scandal
The taint of political corruption has reached the West Basin Municipal Water District.
Cold War Diary: 'I Was a Suburban Combatant'
I was born under the shadow of the Berlin Airlift in 1948, while Soviet troops and tanks blockaded the city.
Professor Money, God, and the First Book Published in Los Angeles (Maybe)
Crank theologian, crank historian, and crank healer,Professor Money embodied nearly all the clichés of the seekers who would come to Southern California after him.
Wearing Out of the Green.
Study in Brown: The Mixed Messages of Water Conservation
The couple in Glendora whose brown lawn was the subject of media hyperventilating have, I hope, moved on in their lives. Too bad their story isn't the one you heard.
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