Joel Kotkin writes about Cashing in on SoCal Culture
“Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived on reinventing itself – from […]
Author Archives: Julia Wick
New from Curbed: “USC Is Pretty Much a Locked-Down Panopticon At This Point”
CurbedLA has just put up a pretty interesting piece on USC’s new security measures. The post brings up some interesting points, including the idea that in adding security USC is […]
An Interactive Infographic: Food Deserts in America
Interested in issues of food justice? Make sure to check out this interactive infographic from Good Magazine, which lets users examine food deserts across the country, overlaying population density, transportation […]
Bill Hayes on being a “Subway Lifer:” A Beautiful Essay in the Virginia Quarterly Review
Bill Hayes’ essay, which was just posted to the Virginia Quarterly Review‘s website, is a lovely meditation his experiences taking the subway in New York City. I cannot take a […]
LA’s Hidden Dangers: Concrete Buildings
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times published an in-depth investigation into the safety of concrete buildings in the city, finding that more than “a 1,000 old concrete buildings in Los Angeles […]
For Your Edification: Upcoming Events of Interest
There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding: a good portion of the world still sees Los Angeles as a cultural wasteland, a a silly little city entirely devoid of […]
Garcetti Issues His First Executive Directive: A “Great Streets” Initiative
Earlier this afternoon, Mayor Garcetti delivered the keynote address at the Urban Land Institute’s “Transit Oriented Los Angeles” conference. A few minutes after taking the stage he announced that today—on […]
Reading Los Angeles: Essential Non-Fiction
“Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles, come to me the way I came to you, my feet over the streets, you pretty town I love you so […]
Rebuilding Troy 