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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Where the Colour Becomes the Message-Paul Smith’s Pink Wall

Its seemed like a simple thing, but became a icon in Los Angeles without really trying. When British designer Paul Smith opened…
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Apr. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Unbuilt L.A.

We all love those ‘what-could-have-been’ features that compile pics of projects, preferably outlandish, that never got built. The Guardian has…
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Mar. 10, 2017 / Gordon Price

On the Ballot: Growth and Gentrification in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has traditionally had an impact with respect to urban growth issues on other cities, including ours.  Speculation on…
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Sep. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Los Angeles: Similar Stories from our Sister City

Yup, LA is a sister city of Vancouver. In Cranes’ Shadow, Los Angeles Strains to See a Future With Less…
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May. 20, 2016 / Gordon Price

“Dig those crazy Los Angeles Freeways”

From Boom: Italy’s Autostrade, built beginning in the mid-1920s, was the world’s first system of fast car-only roads. In the…
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Jan. 29, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Los Angeles Arts District

From the Daily Scot: . . What do you get when you combine block upon block of old brick warehouses…
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Nov. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Light the night with LED

From the BBC via Sandy James: Video and story here.…
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

Intregrating transit and bikeshare

From Ron Richings: A useful bit of bikeshare info has been incorporated into Santa Monica’s transit app.  Transit users will…
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Sep. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Is L.A. a more progressive city than YVR?

Here’s more evidence (despite the usual ‘Carmeggedon’ headline: . A Los Angeles Plan to Reshape the Streetscape Sets Off Fears of…
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Aug. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Mobility Plan 2035: If it can happen in Los Angeles …

Is this an historic headline? – from the Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2015: . Over the decades, Los Angeles…
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Jun. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

A plea to Los Angeles: Drive more!

Transportation consultant Jeff Tumlin is concerned for L.A.’s reputation: Los Angeleños, please drive more, or you’ll ruin Metro traffic projections…
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Jun. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Give and Take – An L.A. Experiment

Sandy James sends this in from Upworthy: . If you were walking through a busy train station and saw a…
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Mar. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Best read of the week

Durning finds something he likes in CityLab’s best reads, by Colin Marshall, The Guardian: , The Gentrification of Skid Row—A Story…
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Mar. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Transit Preference: Myth, Reality and Perception

What is the difference between this: . And this: . From Eric Jaffe in CityLab: The only real difference you’ll…

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