Native Intelligence archive
for January 2009

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Steven Heller speaks

New York design critic, Steven Heller, visits U.C.L.A.

How to kill a newspaper

California dreaming.

Another book review section vanishes

And then there was one...

It's a wonderful life for Echo Park's Machine Project

How the Machine Project's Mark Allen became the George Bailey of Echo Park.
That’s the question I’m pondering as I sift through stories set in L.A.’s past as editor of Los Angeles Noir...

Betty White & Slash vs. Lisa Simpson, et al.

The celebrity battle on behalf of Billy the Elephant seems somewhat lopsided.

Another questionable New Yorker cover**

Barack "George Washington" Obama

I ♥ Richard Jenkins

I got a little teary when I heard that Richard Jenkins was nominated for a best actor Oscar for "The Visitor." I met him when I was a photography student at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

The front page *

How they played it

“This is so awesome” *

A few inauguration day impressions from USC

Obamarama!

Where the public parties are.

Shooting stars in moving cars

A few photos of the arrivals at the GGs.

One Amazonian box

The gel-filled wrist support I purchased from Amazon.com arrived today ... in a really, REALLY, big box.

Is this more parking skulduggery?*

Eventually the meter-revenue claim becomes bureaucratic doublespeak for "meter-maid revenue."

Metro Library treasures on Flickr

The MTA's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive jumps into Web 2.0 with enthusiasm, with Flickr photos and YouTube clips.

Not just 'another pasty white guy'

Chuck Todd and his goatee

My LA Weekly

An appreciation

The end of free-after-6 parking

New signs and meters are already up in Westwood Village.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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