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Rockefeller Center

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    March 20, 2012

    The Unseen Side of Mister Rogers

    If you were a child anytime in the last 40 years, or the parent of one, at some point you've had a moment with Mister Rogers. Perhaps many. And in those moments, through the lens of TV, he looked you straight in the eyes, and in his soft-spoken manner told you, in one set of words or another, that h ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson's Excellent Tea Party Adventure

    If you were a child anytime in the last 40 years, or the parent of one, at some point you've had a moment with Mister Rogers. Perhaps many. And in those moments, through the lens of TV, he looked you straight in the eyes, and in his soft-spoken manner told you, in one set of words or another, that h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Metropolis II at LACMA: Will a Sculpture Made of 1,100 Hot Wheels Predict L.A.'s Future?

    Alissa WalkerCould this be L.A.'s transportation future?​ Where once art originated from the front seat of a freewheeling Los Angeles vehicle -- Ed Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip photography series, Dennis Hopper's Double Standard photograph of a gas station -- our kill-me-now tr ... More >>

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    November 18, 2010

    IT'S 76 DEGREES! LET'S GO ICE SKATING!

    Alissa WalkerCould this be L.A.'s transportation future?​ Where once art originated from the front seat of a freewheeling Los Angeles vehicle -- Ed Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip photography series, Dennis Hopper's Double Standard photograph of a gas station -- our kill-me-now tr ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    CityCenter: Vegas 4.0

    How Frank Gehry, Nancy Rubins, Cesar Pelli, Maya Lin and others are reinventing California’s favorIte playground

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Downtown's Dueling Ice-Skating Rinks

    In addition to Pershing Square's ice-skating rink, downtown L.A. will soon be home to a sparkling new rink at L.A. Live -- one that, according to the Downtown News, seeks to recreate the holiday season vibe of New York's Rockefeller Center. As opposed, say, to Pershing Square's feedlot-with-benches ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    L.A. Times Murals: Now You See Them, Now You --

    Every big city has its mural scandals -- or vandals. New York still remembers the time in 1934 when the Rockefeller family had Diego Rivera's Marxist Man at the Crossroads blasted from Rockefeller Center. Previously, in 1932, Los Angeles had whitewashed David Siqueiro's similarly un-P.C. Tropical Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    Skate Date! Downtown L.A. On Ice (Eat Your Heart Out Rockefeller Center)

    To a recent NYC transplant, the prospect of ice-skating in Los Angeles begs skepticism -- there's something unorthodox about being able to skate in shorts and a T-shirt. My last skating experience took place at Rockefeller Center, where my date and I waited for two hours in order to skate for a tota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Candy Cane Lane Light Riot, Downtown on Ice, Automatico Party Cultivates Spanglish Underground, Boxing Fans Party for PacMan

    If you're reading this, congratulations. It can only mean one thing -- you survived another holiday season of over-eating, over-imbibing and (probably) over-spending. So, welcome home, double-up on that espresso and let's get back to work. Somehow in the midst of our holiday haze, L.A. Weekly found ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 28, 2006

    Spy vs. Spy

    Britain’s attempt to crack American isolationism in William Boyd’s Restless

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    The Big Stink

    Exposing América Tropical and the painful truths of a whitewashed city

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Still a Working Stiff

    Never mind the buzz: To Woody Allen, Match Point is just a job well done

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2005

    Bungle in the Jungle

    Never mind the buzz: To Woody Allen, Match Point is just a job well done

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Problems in Paradise

    On the campaign trail with the three who would represent the ultimate NIMBY district

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Bunkum Hill

    Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Pope on Hope

    Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Less Than Ground Zero

    Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Mob Rules

    David Chase on The Sopranos, the small screen, and rock & roll

  • Art+Books

    June 8, 2000

    Remix: Utopian Vision vs. American Dream

    One hundred years of architecture at the Geffen Contemporary

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Letters

    ...The people who were interviewed said that they felt they had been stopped because they were minorities, pointing to the fact that the police had not issued them tickets. As a working police officer, I hear too much of this in the media...

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Enviro groups lose it at Playa Vista Wetlands

    ...The people who were interviewed said that they felt they had been stopped because they were minorities, pointing to the fact that the police had not issued them tickets. As a working police officer, I hear too much of this in the media...

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