Placemaking

October 19, 2023

Dear Mayor Bass: Los Angeles Can’t Double Down on Past Mistakes

TPR republishes with permission an open letter to the mayor, written by Walter Jaegerhaus, which advocates for a culture of change to be brought to city hall and the approach the city is taking with concerns to its future. The author, who has previously written on the issues of American cities, outlines in this letter just how that sea change could come to pass.

February 28, 2023

Informing the Future Los Angeles Using Its Past: D.J. Waldie &  Ken Bernstein on Becoming Los Angeles

The two historians (and practitioners of planning) discuss how the past can, and should, play a part in imagining an LA of the future.

November 11, 2021

DJ Waldie's Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place

TPR excerpts DJ Waldie's new book Becoming Los Angeles—a collection of essays blending history, memory, and critical analysis to illuminate how Angelenos see themselves and their city.

June 17, 2021

MUSE/IQUE 2021-22 Season Explores the Streets of Los Angeles Thru Prism of Music

TPR interviews MUSE/IQUE’s Artistic Director Rachael Worby and CEO Brian Colburn, who highlight MUSE/IQUE’s upcoming place-based program “L.A. Composed,” which celebrates the streets of Los Angeles as unique intersections where people and culture come together to form place

February 4, 2021

Heidi Duckler: Los Angeles Through the Eyes of a Physical Space Artist

PR caught up with Heidi Duckler for an artist’s perspective on movement in the built environment, urban planning as modern dance, and COVID-19's impacts on performance art in Los Angeles.

August 28, 2019

Janet Marie Smith on Dodger Stadium as Civic Space with a New Front Door

Janet Marie Smith on how Dodger Stadium's 'new front door' will optimize transit and pedestrian access to the park while preserving the field's historic character and sweeping 'postcard views.'

June 10, 2019

Charlie Hales, Former Mayor of Portland, on Cities' Role in Managing Urban Mobility

Former Portland Mayor Charlie Hales highlights how cities can use new technology and transportation as valuable tools for urban placemaking.

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