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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)
Making parking pay
The politics of taxation in California make it almost impossible to raise general revenues for the common good.
Of Old Iron and the Men
It's not just nostalgia that makes brings men and their fifty-year-old cars together.
Imagining Tomorrow
From concept drawing to finished building, Lakewood Center sold the new.
Stadium Deal and District Map: What Was Decided?
The Los Angeles City Council and the County Board of Supervisors both held meetings on Tuesday, with outcomes that could be described as game changing.
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Mapping Power in Los Angeles County
Redrawing the boundaries of supervisors' districts pits the past against the future.
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Water, electricity, sewer rates going up in aging L.A.
Forever young. Los Angeles still sells itself to the world with that increasingly ironic branding. Yet for most of the 20th century, it was true. Because…
At Play in Farmers Field
The current deal to bring a football stadium to downtown L.A. is better than the bad one AEG asked the city council to accept.
When 'The New' Was New
A. C. Martin brought suburban modernity to Lakewood Center in 1950.
'Transit Mayor' of Los Angeles?
Carmageddon may help propel Zev Yaroslavsky into the mayor's office.
Our Home. Our Art.
The greatest art of this city is all around us.
'There It Is. Take It.'
Los Angeles will reuse waste water. It's inevitable.
What Happened?
We learned a lot from Carmageddon, but not all of it was the right lesson.
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