Business districts reinvented? Downtown LA from the 80s to now by Nicolás Boullosa on August 29, 2024 Unlike the backtothelanders from the 60s-70s, the 80s yuppies revered office work and lively downtowns. When the digital world upends …
Sense of place vs. non-places. Our relation with the things surrounding us by Nicolás Boullosa on April 9, 2024 Being interested in urbanism, I’ve seen one type of meme popping up repeatedly. It shows a rather conventional picture of …
Why homelessness programs work in some cities but not in others by Nicolás Boullosa on February 8, 2024 There are as many homeless people in the world’s wealthiest country as the entire population of Boston: according to the …
(Un)housed in paradise: how the homeless can get off the street by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2023 Chronic homelessness has risen 65% in the U.S. in the past 7 years, much of the increase has happened in …
LA family turns unused garage into small home Oasis (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2023 They were running out of space in their two-bedroom bungalow for a family of four, a home office, and frequent …
FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
El verano en que aprendimos a asociar cotidianidad y clima by Nicolás Boullosa on July 22, 2021 Pocas palabras han experimentado un ascenso y caída más espectaculares en la jerga de nuestro tiempo que «resiliencia», clara prueba …
El Ford F150 Lightning revierte energía en la red doméstica by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2021 Quien tenga alguna duda sobre el rol preponderante del automóvil en nuestra época, no tiene más que echar un vistazo …
Jack Kerouac’s boarding-house now co-living for creatives by Kirsten Dirksen on November 7, 2020 In 1953 Jack Kerouac stayed here for part of the spring, but when Sara McEre bought the former 19th-century boarding …
LA couple builds backyard cottage, then moves-in from main home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2020 Paul and Yuki Gasiorkiewicz bought a nondescript 1930s bungalow in LA’s Echo Park and rather than trying to convert it …
