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    Design and Architecture

    Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?

    Grand Central Market, the food hall on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, has been around almost a hundred years, but dramatic changes have occurred in the past eighteen months. Not only has it introduced gourmet cuisine at gourmet prices, but the design of the market is changing as well.

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    By Frances Anderton • Oct 7, 2014 • 1 min read

    Grand Central Market, the food hall on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, has been around almost a hundred years, but dramatic changes have occurred in the past eighteen months. Not only has it introduced gourmet cuisine at gourmet prices, but the design of the market is changing as well. What does it say about what’s happening in downtown as a whole? How do vendors and market-goers feel about it? Do the changes mean unwelcome gentrification or an exciting mix of Angelenos of all stripes?

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    Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?; Goodbye Flat Top Towers
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Teo Ruiz

      UCLA Department of History

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      Adele Yellin

      Grand Central Market

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      Jessica Fleischmann

      Graphic Designer

      Culture

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?; Goodbye Flat Top Towers
    1. 0:49 Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?You’re reading this
    2. 12:46Software, Skyscrapers and Goodbye to Stumpy Towers in L.A.
    3. 23:05Everything Talks: Lawns
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