Principal of Levin and Associates
Principal of Levin and Associates, known for the adaptive reuse of many Los Angeles landmarks including the Bradbury Building, the Wiltern Theater, and Grand Central Market; preservation architect for the Griffith Observatory
An LA Landmark Gets a Facelift Next month MOCA will open " Skin and Bones ," a fascinating look at the "parallel practices" in contemporary architecture and fashion. Meantime, drawing inspiration from Japanese designers, LACMA mounts " Breaking the Mode ," an exhibit of iconoclastic clothing that has challenged convention. Plus, LA's Griffith Observatory gets a facelift, and actor-director Peter Weller on his favorite building in Los Angeles.
Where the fire started, a checkered past The Woolsey Fire continues to rage at a little more than a third containment today. Areas in, and north and west of, Malibu are feeling the brunt of the impact. But across the Ventura County Line, headed past Point Mugu, and toward Oxnard, is a plot of land that has a lot of history. And controversy. With fires burning inside the grounds of the former Rocketdyne Field Lab, some folks who live nearby are worried.
The New World Where do speech balloons come from? How does time move from panel to panel? This week we explore the techniques of comic-book storytelling through Chris Reynolds’s graphic series, newly anthologized as The New World. Join us as we travel deep into the artist’s world to find the source of these bizarrely mundane comics’ depth and beauty.
Jim Carrey’s cartoons, real estate love letters Jim Carrey is known as an actor and comedian, but in the last couple years he’s taken up political cartooning. He tells DnA about expressing his anti-Trump feelings through art. And buying a house in LA can be a competition. Can a personal letter to the seller give you a leg-up? The editor of “Dear Seller” shares stories of what prospective buyers write to land their dream house.