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    Design and Architecture

    Should Water-Loving LA Allow Slide The City?

    Slide the City, a pop-up slip n slide planned to hit downtown LA in late September, has ignited drought shaming and a petition. But how much water does a one-time slip n slide consume compared with other water-based leisure activities?

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    By Frances Anderton • Aug 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    Slide the City, a pop-up slip n slide planned to hit downtown LA in late September, has ignited drought shaming and a petition. But how much water does a one-time slip n slide consume compared with other water-based leisure activities?

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    Slide the City, or Not? Designing The Knick
    1. 1:06Should Water-Loving LA Allow Slide The City?You’re reading this
    2. 14:52Designing The Knick
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Penny Falcon

      Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

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      T.R. Gourley

      Slide the City

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      Joseph K. Lee

      University of British Columbia

      Culture

    The full episode

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    Slide the City, or Not? Designing The Knick
    1. 1:06Should Water-Loving LA Allow Slide The City?You’re reading this
    2. 14:52Designing The Knick
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