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The Valley Performing Arts Center Opens: Are LA’s Suburbs Creating their Own Arts Centers?
LA has famously been “many suburbs in search of a city.” Now the suburbs are building their own cultural centers to compete with the ones downtown.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenLA has famously been “many suburbs in search of a city.” Now the suburbs are building their own cultural centers to compete with the ones downtown.
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The Grand Avenue project on Bunker Hill is supposed to put Los Angeles on the cultural map of the world. But the Grand Avenue Authority just gave the Related Companies yet another extension of the deadline to break ground on Phase One. In the meantime, the suburbs—where many lovers of culture reside—are building their own centers.
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