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    Design and Architecture

    Dave Hickey

    Dave Hickey returns to LA with a new book of critical essays. Maura Lucking tries to find out if he’s a nostalgic curmudgeon or a sage.

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

    Dave Hickey returns to LA with a new book of critical essays. Maura Lucking tries to find out if he’s a nostalgic curmudgeon or a sage.

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    Can the Southland Grow in an Age of Drought?
    1. 0:42How Will Architecture Respond to Drought?
    2. 12:57Dave HickeyYou’re reading this
    3. 22:15Carthay Square, HPOZs and an Effort to Preserve a Neighborhood
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Maura Lucking

      DnA DJ

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      Dave Hickey

      Art and Culture Critic

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Can the Southland Grow in an Age of Drought?
    1. 0:42How Will Architecture Respond to Drought?
    2. 12:57Dave HickeyYou’re reading this
    3. 22:15Carthay Square, HPOZs and an Effort to Preserve a Neighborhood
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