Design and Architecture
The Fight to Save an Ice Rink -- And a Liveable LA
Angelenos fight to save an ice rink, and Planet Granite responds. LA natives and urban critics debate the emerging LA of Her.
By Frances Anderton • • 29m ListenThe beloved Culver Ice Arena is closing because it can’t afford a new market rent. Today’s show explores the fight to save the rink, and what its demise says about the changing character of Los Angeles as buildings, and land values, rise and rise. With Culver City councilmembers Micheal O’Leary and Andrew Weissman, Calarts Norman Klein, Shannon Takahashi of Culver Ice Arena, and supporters of the rink. Renee DeAngelis, owner of Planet Granite, responds. Also, the movie Her depicts an LA of towers and public transit. But is that the LA we want? With Chris Nichols, Norman Klein, Craig Hodgetts, Evan Kleiman and Sam Lubell.
And, on Everything Talks, a McMansion finds itself upstaged -- by a MegaMansion. With Tom Saunders and Kristen Hansen.
