Design and Architecture
Creative Meets Corporate in 'Delirious' LA
Moby on his passion for LA architecture and the photo blog he's writing about it. Also, the rise, fall and reinvention of the former Arco Plaza.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenMoby has left "tall, expensive" New York for "delirious" LA. He talks about his passion for LA architecture and the photo blog he's writing about it. But LA's own mini-Manhattan is seeing some changes. Hear about the rise, fall and reinvention of the former Arco Plaza, with Orly Shuber, Don Spivack, Richard Hammond, Rob Jernigan, Steven Drucker and Sylvia Lavin.
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2 storiesArchitecture in the Eye of Moby
Chances are, you know Moby best for his electronic dance music, often featured here on KCRW . But it turns out the eclectic-minded musician has another life, as an architecture buff who recently moved to LA and now writes a blog about buildings here he loves.
Read the story10 minReinventing Downtown's Corporate Icon
For all of LA's sprawl and suburbia, there is a part of our city that has tried hard to be a mini-Manhattan: LA’s corporate downtown.
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