Sam Hall Kaplan’s new book 'Urban Odyssey: A Critic’s Search for the Soul of Cities and Self' offers a candid retrospect on his life and work as a metropolitan reporter for the New York Times, long time urban design critic for the LA Times, and contributor to The Planning Report
Former LA Times Urban Design Critic, Sam Hall Kaplan reviews Ken Bernstein's "Preserving Los Angeles" in which he reflects on the notoriously contentious politics surrounding historic preservation in the city
