If you ever walk, bicycle, or take public transit in Los Angeles, youโve no doubt noticed those nearly ubiquitous tan or beige-colored signs with brown lettering, a City of Los Angeles seal, and text designating an intersection or section of road a โsquare.โ If youโre a motorist, you mayโ very well have missed them, because … Continue reading Greater Streets — Los Angeles Squares, or When is a Square Not a Square?
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Los Angeles Linguistics Part 2: Regional Differences
Most metropolitan areas -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- are divided both into neighborhoods and larger, multi-neighborhood administrative divisions or regions. Paris has its arrondissements, New York City its boroughs, Busan and Seoul have gu (๊ตฌ), Taipei has qลซ (ๅ), St. Louis and New Orleans both have wards, Mexico City has municipios, and on. Their names vary, then, but the concept is generally the … Continue reading Los Angeles Linguistics Part 2: Regional Differences
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California Foolโs Gold โ The 10th Anniversary
2017 marks the tenth anniversary of my explorations of the neighborhoods and communities of Los Angeles and Southern California. In the past decade, I managed, although not planned, to explore and write about exactly 100 communities for my California Foolโs Gold series. When I began writing about Los Angeles neighborhoods, there were a few others … Continue reading California Foolโs Gold โ The 10th Anniversary
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Los Angeles Linguistics Part 1 — A Tale of Two Neighborhoods
There is a casualness and imprecision practically intrinsic to Los Angeles. It's only in this city that I've encountered people who aren't sure what neighborhood they live in. What's more, they seem undisturbed, it's all "Los Angeles," after all, an abstract city where many residents are seemingly less concerned with where they actually live than where they park their cars. Business … Continue reading Los Angeles Linguistics Part 1 — A Tale of Two Neighborhoods
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Los Angeles Webography; or, Los Angeles Websites and Blogs
Amongst the many resources available pertaining to Los Angeles are websites, blogs, podcasts, and other online-only resources. I read many of them regularly, some too much, and almost all of them occasionally. For my own use and for the use of others (especially explorers and adventurers) Iโve here compiled what I hope is as conclusive a … Continue reading Los Angeles Webography; or, Los Angeles Websites and Blogs
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California Fool’s Gold’s Introduction to Southern California
Thereย is no official definition of what comprises Southern California but thereโs certainly something like a general consensus that the region includes the ten southern-most counties in the state: Kern, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. By this definition, itsย northern border neatly formed by the … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold’s Introduction to Southern California
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — An Introduction to the Asian Pacific Islander Communities of the Southland
Diversity has long been part of the fabric of Los Angeles and Southern California. Humans first arrived hereย at least 13,000 years ago and more thanย twenty Native American nations made their home here before the Spanish Conquest. The Spanish pueblo of Los Angeles was itself founded by people of Native, African, European, and mixed ancestries and … Continue reading Pan-Asian Metropolis — An Introduction to the Asian Pacific Islander Communities of the Southland
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Tim & Eric Present: To Live and Deejay LA
Tim "Modern Brit" Shimbles (Amoeba employee and frequent traveling companion on California Fool's Gold) and yours truly are going to DJ a set ofย "locals only" music called To Live and Deejay LAย on 12 May at the Melody Lounge in Chinatown. (Click here to join the Facebook event page). Los Angeles is a big place... bigger … Continue reading Tim & Eric Present: To Live and Deejay LA
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High Rising — Architecture, Urbanism, and the Cinema
April is National Landscape Architecture Month. This got me thinking about an idea for a piece but, as often happens, I found myself tumbling down a rabbit hole of research tangents and decided Iโd start with a post about architecture of the non-landscape variety. Apparently there is no "National Architecture Month"ย and Los Angeles proclaimed October … Continue reading High Rising — Architecture, Urbanism, and the Cinema
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Nobody Drives in LA — An Interview with Alissa Walker
Withย bicycles, buses, ferries, planes, rideshares, sidewalks, subways, taxis, and trains at Angelenosโ disposal,ย why would anyย sane personย chooseย car-dependency? Nobody Drives in LA celebrates sense and sensibility in transportation. ***** In the past most of my posts for Women's History Month have focused on historical figures. This year I decided to instead focus on living breathing women who're … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — An Interview with Alissa Walker
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