Saturday, October 8, 2016

Weekend Reading: Cemeteries, Art Deco, Korean Bell, Take Out Pails

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A selection of great articles on LA history came up. And while this blog is largely inactive, why not share? The first four cemeteries i...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Mosaic Monday Links to a Millard Sheets Birthday Tribute

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In 2013, KCET celebrated the June 24th birthday of artist Millard Sheets by listing ten of his best-known, best-loved pieces of public art...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Sunday Reading: How LA's Boulevards Compare to Other Cities', and What That Means

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Studying public spaces fascinates me. Banking and business districts can be very forbidding, for example. Even the public art is cold and...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Sunday Reading: Jacarandas, POLA, Reagan vs. Berkeley, and Coyotes

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Love 'em or hate 'em?  Jacaranda Trees  are enchanting and messy, and Julia Weck goes into great depth on them in this LAist artic...
Friday, June 10, 2016

For Your Weekend Reading: Millard Sheets, Ronald Reagan, Concrete & Ladies' Finery

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The New York Times interviewed Professor Adam Arenson, who is writing THE BOOK on Millard Sheets and his artwork, especially the mosaics,...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Of Hobos

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Ancient Hobo Graffiti Found in L.A. Some of you may remember hearing about hobos when you were children. Before I knew about real homele...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Mosaic Monday Salutes Chicago Artist Jim Bachor

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This Monday is Memorial Day, so I refer you to my post about the World War 2 Monument in Green Hills Memorial Park, which is surrounded by...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Pershing Square

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Pershing Square: a place in the news, because the contract for the redesign has been awarded. At right is photo taken in 1857. 1857! Of ...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Mosaics at Alhambra's Renaissance Plaza

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Mosaic Monday features Alhambra today. At the northeast corner of Garfield and Main Street sits Renaissance Plaza. It won awards when it wa...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Mosaic in a Paul Williams Home

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So I'm looking through a photo essay and story about a beautiful private home in La Canada Flintridge (the article is in Los Angeles Ma...
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