Late last year, California State Assembly candidate John Yi asked me if Iโd like to lead a walk of a Downtown neighborhood within the borders of Assembly District 54. I immediately agreed. John had already led a walk of Koreatown. Iโd attended his walk of Little Tokyo, led by Kevin Keizuchi. It was just a … Continue reading DTLA Bunker Hill Walk with John Yi
Tag: Urbanism
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
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

