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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The New Vision for Downtown’s Pershing Square

    Pershing Square has famously been described as the “Worst Public Space in America.” But that is, hopefully, about to change. A team led by French landscape architecture firm Agence Ter won the competition to re-design Pershing Square with a plan titled “The Dynamic Heart of Los Angeles.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    Pershing Square has famously been described as the “Worst Public Space in America.” But that is, hopefully, about to change. A team led by French landscape architecture firm Agence Ter won the competition to re-design Pershing Square with a plan titled “The Dynamic Heart of Los Angeles.”

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    The View on Bathroom Rules from a Trans Teenager
    1. 0:31Transgender Youth and the Bathroom Bills
    2. 11:43The New Vision for Downtown’s Pershing SquareYou’re reading this
    3. 19:52UCLA’s Plan for a New Art Infrastructure
    4. 28:14Reviews of “Money Monster” and Two Indie Comedies
    5. 39:26The 2-Hour Marathon: Art or Science?
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