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Cranes proliferated in LA. But don’t call it a building boom.

"What we consider to be a boom today is because we got used to nothing."

How LA became the land of strip malls

As car ownership boomed, unremarkable commercial centers became an integral part of the LA landscape.

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• The beginner’s guide to Los Angeles

How ’80s pop culture typecast the Valley

The region was overlooked in movies and music for years until Frank Zappa and ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ came along

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Can Portland survive its popularity?

Portland, Oregon is in the midst of a population boom, but the notoriously well-planned city is having trouble adjusting to the influx. Preservationists are hoping a first-of-its-kind ordinance can save some of what makes Portland so special.

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11 pioneering architects of color who made their mark

From Julian Abele and Norma Sklarek to Takeo Shiota, here are the inspiring stories of architects of color that history often overlooks.

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A model home for the modern era

How industrial designer Gilbert Rohde helped Herman Miller become America’s top producer of modern furniture.

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8 issues that will define cities in the 2020s

Cars, climate change, and cameras are just some of the tough issues city leaders need to grapple with in the coming decade.

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Frisco, Texas, has a plan

After engineering its own growth, can the Dallas suburb stay on top?

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• Lessons from the 1984 Olympics

The Olympics fixed LA’s traffic once—can the 2028 games do it permanently?

Transportation solutions deployed for the 1984 Summer Olympics are even more relevant today.