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    Design and Architecture

    Bright Spots in a Bad Year

    Even if 2010 was tough on the design and construction industry in LA there were still some—even surprising—bright spots. DnA asked some design and architecture experts to offer their choice of the best thing to happen to the built environment in the past year, and found that creating community was a dominant theme.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Even if 2010 was tough on the design and construction industry in LA there were still some—even surprising—bright spots. DnA asked some design and architecture experts to offer their choice of the best thing to happen to the built environment in the past year, and found that creating community was a dominant theme. Hear Juan Devis, Christopher Hawthorne, Linda Dishman, Sam Lubell, Rochelle Mills, Guy Horton and Katherine Perez on such highlights as connecting neighborhoods with the Expo Line, taking back the streets with CicLAvia and bringing fine architecture to Skid Row.

    The full episode

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    It Wasn't All Bad: Bright Spots in LA in 2010
    1. 0:00Bright Spots in a Bad YearYou’re reading this
    2. 7:17Designing Women at the Downtown Women's Center
    3. 18:57The Passion Behind the Rose Parade
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Rochelle Mills

      South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission

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      Sam Lubell

      architecture writer

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      Juan Devis

      KCET

      Culture

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    It Wasn't All Bad: Bright Spots in LA in 2010
    1. 0:00Bright Spots in a Bad YearYou’re reading this
    2. 7:17Designing Women at the Downtown Women's Center
    3. 18:57The Passion Behind the Rose Parade
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