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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)
'Where We Are' With AEG, RDAs, EZs, CEQA
An alphabet soup of the promoters, players, and policies are shaping Los Angeles. It's not an appetizing mix.
Politics and Memory Along the Highways of Los Angeles
The highways of L.A. remember heroes, bureaucrats, and termed out pols. Overlapping and conflicting memorials glimpsed at 65 miles an hour are an imperfect memory, but the system can't be fixed.
All In Our Places: School Desks and the Persistence of Things
The persistence of things is part burden, part murmured dialog. Time slipping is our common condition, and we're never wholly new.
Hall of Justice, 1939
Restoring the Hall of Justice. Remembering Los Angeles.
Ghosts, gangsters, glamour, and grime are all part of the heritage of downtown's Hall of Justice. The iconic building from Jazz Age Los Angeles is being restored after nearly 20 years of abandonment.
East Is East and West Is West
The distinction between east and west in Los Angeles has been a fixture of the city's landscape from the beginning. But does that distinction -- even though it persists -- shape what Los Angeles is becoming?
Vertical Fields
Time to Adapt 'Adaptive Reuse' for Downtown's Future
The city's Adaptive Reuse Ordinance succeeded in turning empty office buildings into residential lofts. Downtown needs even more ideas for building tomorrow's city.
A Clamorous Silence from the Pulpit and in the Pews
The scandal of priestly abuse, abetted by silence, leaves priests and the faithful less able to minister to each other.
Which Is Home?
Playing House and Making a Home
Making something out of the American landscape, one house at a time.
Maps to Dreamers' Homes: Los Angeles Geography and Image
What would you chart as a guide to the city you know? Beaches, radio stations, Hollywood beauty salons, taquerías, swimming pools, the other downtowns of Los Angeles?
By the Gallon or By the Mile? States Look for New Highway Revenue
As cars and trucks become more fuel efficient and more all electric and hybrid vehicles take to the road, states are seeing gas tax revenues shrink.
As Modern as We Could Be
The Getty's "Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940 - 1990" and the Huntington's "Maynard L. Parker: Modern Photography and the American Dream" consider how Los Angeles sought to be forever modern.
Golden Apples of the Sun
The sight of an orange tree, laden with golden fruit on a cold winter afternoon, remains a guarantor of Southern California's mythic qualities.
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