Design and Architecture
Bridges and Walls: Invisible Walls
There are walls that impact the communities they contain, but are naked to the eye.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenA lawn sign in Hancock Park expressing support for the LA Community Eruv. Photo credit: Ira Belgrade.
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3 storiesWest LA’s Orthodox Jewish Eruv
There are all sorts of prohibitions against working on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, including pushing a stroller or wheelchair, or carrying a baby or a cane. And the rules apply differently whether you’re in a private or public space.
Read the story9 minGang borders in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, streets, freeways, train tracks and the LA River form boundaries that many of us aren’t aware of. These are the boundaries of gang territories. Back in the 1970s through the ‘90s, just wearing red or blue was contentious.
Read the story7 minHow zoning shaped Los Angeles
Physical structures can define status but so can the non-present boundaries created by zoning.
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