DTLA Bunker Hill Walk with John Yi

Late last year, California State Assembly candidate John Yi asked me if Iโ€™d 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. Iโ€™d attended his walk of Little Tokyo, led by Kevin Keizuchi. It was just a … Continue reading DTLA Bunker Hill Walk with John Yi

California Foolโ€™s 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 Foolโ€™s Gold series. When I began writing about Los Angeles neighborhoods, there were a few others … Continue reading California Foolโ€™s 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 Iโ€™d 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