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Ugly Angel: July 2012

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Saturday, July 21, 2012. Weapons of mass germination. I just ordered one of these puppies from Lands' End. It's not exactly the time of year to do guerrilla planting in Los Angeles, but I'll save the device until the rainy season. There are several barren patches around here—parkways, median strips, freeway on- and off-ramps, unsuspecting neighbors' front yards—that desperately need an explosive dose of grasses and flowers. Stay tuned for the photo follow-up. And order your own. Makes a great gift.

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Ugly Angel: October 2011

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Thursday, October 27, 2011. Flying saucers over Hollywood! YouTube video by GrimlyForming PW. Music: "We've Come To Take The Earth Away" by The Driving Stupid (1966). I'm sure this wasn't the first time aliens invaded Hollywood to wreak havoc on humanity and architecture, and it won't be the last. But it may well be the cheesiest. The KFWB radio antennae on the Warner Cinerama (later the Pacific Hollywood Theatre). How many other Hollywood locations—long gone or still standing—can you find? In downtown H...

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Ugly Angel: February 2013

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013. I ran across this old street footage of eastbound Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills on YouTube recently, complete with (original or fake? I wish the film had continued down the Miracle Mile and into Mid-Wilshire, Westlake, and downtown Los Angeles. (I'll have to concoct the missing footage in my dreams—no problem for a dedicated sleeper like me! Sick transit, indeed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Moule and Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists. Ferguson and Shamamian Architects.

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Ugly Angel: May 2013

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Sunday, May 19, 2013. The last of the Red Cars. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Moule and Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists. Michael C. F. Chan and Associates. Ferguson and Shamamian Architects. Appleton and Associates Inc. California High-Speed Rail Authority. Institute of Classical Architecture. Institute of Classical Architecture - Southern California Chapter. Homes of Palos Verdes. The last of the Red Cars.

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Ugly Angel: March 2013

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The anti-urbanists have recently touted the ideal of sprawling low-rise suburban growth as preferential to high-rise urban concentration, both environmentally and psychologically. Let's cut to the chase: pick your preferred environment:. It's immensely relieving to me to know that those who prefer image #2 will sooner or later probably be living there. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Moule and Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists. Michael C. F. Chan and Associates.

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Ugly Angel: May 2012

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Sunday, May 20, 2012. I've been obsessed with The Talmadge on Wilshire for a decade now. I may never live on Park Avenue, but I'm still holding out hope for an apartment at The Talmadge, together with a complete upscale revival of Mid-Wilshire from MacArthur Park to Western. (I can't bring myself to call this corridor "Koreatown," in spite of the city's signage, although I'm willing to concede that moniker to the area just a couple of blocks south and north of Wilshire.). I've looked at several one-bedro...

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Ugly Angel: March 2012

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Monday, March 5, 2012. Antigua del Mar Tile. In my previous post, I visited the home of Lorna Auerbach, owner of Antigua del Mar Tile. Based in Santa Monica. As promised, here's a look at the. Spanish tiles that she deals in. A sample board with several patterns. Antigua del Mar is a consortium of ceramic tile artists with studios throughout Spain—artists that Lorna has sought out on many trips to Andalucia and other regions of Spain. Published by London's Victoria and Albert Museum. But aside from abstr...

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Ugly Angel: August 2012

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Monday, August 27, 2012. Something beautiful . . . I've been to Piano Bar in Hollywood nearly every Wednesday for the past 2. Years to see West Coast Get Down, featuring the unbelievable Kamasi Washington on sax and several other stellar regulars, including Ryan Porter (trombone), Cameron Graves (piano), Zane Musa (sax) and Tony "Two Fist" Austin (drums). The bassist position is a revolving door that see Miles Mosley (shown in this video), Hadrien Feraud and Carlitos del Puerto show up.

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Ugly Angel: September 2011

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Come see for yourself.". So reads the slogan for Playa Vista, the planned community on L.A.'s far Westside. I decided to spend a Sunday afternoon taking them up on the offer. I began where I begin my tour of any city: downtown. At first glance, downtown is not an unappealing place, with vaguely Spanish Revival and Mediterranean architecture and a clean and genteel, if not particularly refined or polished, air. Like a little chunk of the O.C. hauled north. Boasts "more than ...