Design and Architecture
Tunnels, planes, and art and architecture in the desert
Los Angeles has tunnel vision. DnA tours the Downtown Regional Connector, as Elon Musk digs his own tunnel. United Airlines flies its last Boeing 747 flight. DnA meets nostalgic pilots and hears about what's coming next for airline passengers. Plus, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is not over. DnA takes a road trip to see three desert shows.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: The tunnel of the Downtown Regional Connector in Los Angeles. (Frances Anderton)
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3 storiesDoes LA have tunnel vision?
The tunnels of the Downtown Regional Connector in Los Angeles Photo by Avishay Artsy There is a tunnel currently under construction 60 feet below Little Tokyo. It's an S-shaped tube and it's finished in curving concrete, parallelogram-shaped panels that are so elegantly arranged that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti called it a "sexy tunnel."…
Read the story8 minBon voyage Boeing 747, welcome back, Supersonic
Kathleen Hesse and Perry Cockreham with United Airlines on board a Boeing 747 Photo by Avishay Artsy The "Queen of the Skies" - the Boeing 747 - makes its final flight today for United Airlines. DnA talks to wistful 747 pilots about what made the plane so special. One pilot says that even though it was a large airplane it "handled like a…
Read the story12 minRoad trip to PST LA/LA
Jesús Rafael Soto, "Cuatro modulaciones," 1969 Paint on metal and wood Collection of Palm Springs Art Museum © 2017 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Photograph by David Blank Pacific Standard Time LA/LA is still going on and now, as the weather is cooling, it's a good moment to visit the shows in the desert. …
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