co-chair of the e4 Mobility Alliance at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
co-chair of the e4 Mobility Alliance at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
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Michael Boehm
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FROM Michael Boehm
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Making LA: Traffic Last week -- in the inaugural segment of our new ‘ Making LA ’ series -- we talked about LA’s built environment. This week, we talk about something near and dear to the hearts - or blood pressure - of all Angelenos: traffic and transportation. As long as people have cars, there will be traffic and congestion. But with more Metro lines being built and the advent of driverless cars and services like Uber and Lyft, transportation in LA may be in for some interesting changes.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Recovering Looted Art Seventy years ago, as the Nazis rolled through Europe, they plundered art from museums, galleries and private collections. Today, the owners of about 100,000 stolen pieces of art are still trying to get them back, and one family has gotten a small step closer. Yesterday, they scored a legal victory against Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum, and the case could have a ripple effect on similar cases throughout the country.
Which Way, L.A.?
What's the Future of Art and MOCA? Four years ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art was on the brink of financial disaster. MOCA Trustee Eli Broad ponied up tens of millions of dollars to save it and installed a controversial new director to steward the place into the future. Since gallerist Jeffrey Deitch came to town, critics have opposed his leadership as too driven by flash and commercialism. He's reportedly been at odds from the start with MOCA's Paul Schimmel, who was pushed out three weeks ago from his $235,000 a year job.
Which Way, L.A.?
In Fiscal Crisis, MOCA Courts LACMA for Merger Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has a world-class collection of 6000 works by artists including Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenbeg and Mark Rothko. But MOCA's in big financial trouble—so much trouble it might even merge with another institution. Mike Boehm broke the story in the LA Times.
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The Treatment
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Design and Architecture
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?