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Design and Architecture

Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?; Goodbye Flat Top Towers

Hosted by Frances Anderton Oct. 07, 2014
The cuisine and the look of Grand Central Market are changing; End of an era? Or a mix of vendors and cultures that shows LA at its best? Plus, we take a look at how software is revolutionizing skyscrapers and lawn wars in a California suburb.

The cuisine and the look of Grand Central Market are changing; End of an era? Or a mix of vendors and cultures that shows LA at its best? Plus, we take a look at how software is revolutionizing skyscrapers; and lawn wars in a California suburb.

Photo by Jakob Layman.

From this Episode:

Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?

Grand Central Market, the food hall on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, has been around almost a hundred years, but dramatic changes have occurred in the past eighteen...

12 min

Software, Skyscrapers and Goodbye to Stumpy Towers in L.A.

The city of Los Angeles has just cast out an old rule that mandated that skyscrapers have helipads on their roofs. The result: very few rooftop rescues and a skyline of...

10 min

Everything Talks: Lawns

A new statewide bill means homeowner associations cannot punish drought-conscious residents for not watering their lawns.

4 min

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Caroline Chamberlain

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