LA CurbedTwo towering 'scrapers adjacent to Capitol Records will only be the beginning.Tomorrow morning, at the ungodly hour of 8:30 a.m., the L.A. Planning Commission will vote on a new "community plan" for Hollywood that could change our city as we know it. It's not as glamorous, PR-friend ... More >>
Adding a lane won't ease congestion
L.A.'s postwar zoning code on the chopping block
PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThe Avenue 26 project from the original story, which Mayor Villaraigosa called a model for family housingThe Weekly's cover story for March 6 -- "Black Lung Lofts," by Patrick Range McDonald -- revealed that the City of Los Angeles was allowing developers to build family hou ... More >>
Is it wrong to chuckle over the latest U.S. Census numbers reminding us, in this strange town run by City Hall density hawks wedded to "compact housing" and the "construction crane as the official city bird," that L.A. population growth has stagnated? As in, we're barely adding any new population d ... More >>
Bitter homes & gardens?
After an interminable 31 years, a controversial czar of planning is leaving
An obscure group gets millions to make L.A. work, but “SCAG” is a flop
What it will take to clean up the mess caused by ships and trucks
A clean city looks a lot like L.A.’s growth around transit stations
Our suggestions for ways out of this mess
Debating the merits of a civic discourse
Clean-air strategy falls short
Why the city needs a real affordable housing program
A Weekly roundtable discussion on the future of transportation in Los Angeles (that is, on the future of Los Angeles)
