FIVE PLACES L.A.

About FIVE PLACES L.A.

FIVE PLACES L.A. is a living documentary of the city. In each episode we ask one inhabitant of Los Angeles about the five places that define the city for them. Each interviewee in turn chooses someone to interview about their five places. Through these interviews and plus-ones the project grows; as the city evolves, its past and present, real and remembered places are mapped.

Publisher

Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, Emmanuelle Bourlier

Category

arts · leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jun 2022

Latest episode

14 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Apr 2026

   16: Barbara Bestor

   Barbara Bestor, FAIA is the principal and founder of Bestor Architecture, recognized for the inventive integration of architecture, urbanism, infrastructure and landscape at multiple scales. Bestor Architecture has designed a number of award-winning projects —homes, restaurants, technology and fashion headquarters, and community arts buildings, such as the Silverlake Conservatory of Music and Ashes & Diamonds Winery. Recent projects include the upcoming Summaeverythang Community Center, re-envisioning the ICA LA, and a number of custom residences in Southern California, Seattle, and beyond. Bestor Architecture is also one of ten of Los Angeles’ leading architecture firms joining the Case Study: Adapt initiative to develop build-ready, stylish, and sustainable residential designs that merge timeless design with climate resilience. The program is a response to the January 2025 wildfires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Barbara received her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, studied at the Architectural Association in London England and earned a Master of Architecture at SCI-Arc. She is the author of Bohemian Modern, Living in Silver Lake. Though this episode was recorded in February of 2024, Barbara’s viewpoint on the city is timeless. Show notes, below, are extensive and in many cases provide updates on the people and places discussed.

2. 

   25 Apr 2024

   15: J. Yolande Daniels

   Learn more about J. Yolande Daniels' work at MIT (https://architecture.mit.edu/people/yolande-daniels), StudioSumo (https://studiosumo.com/), and The Black City (https://theblkcity.com/). Follow The Black City on instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/theblkcity/). Show notes and Yolande’s Five Places: 1.      Biddy Mason Place (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Biddy+Mason+Memorial+Park/@34.0498766,-118.250724,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c64bc13463a1:0x6e785f7e6e7d650f!8m2!3d34.0498722!4d-118.2481437!16s%2Fg%2F11clsw9j2v?authuser=0&entry=ttu) (in today’s Downtown LA): more on Biddy Mason here (https://www.nps.gov/people/biddymason.htm). 2.      Brick Block (https://sites.google.com/view/ucla-library-blackbusinesses/a-brief-history) (in today’s Downtown LA) 3.      Los Angeles Street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Street) (formerly Calle de Los Negros, near today’s Union Station (https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+Los+Angeles+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90012/@34.0540808,-118.2427897,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c645e42c43b7:0xc4d1d75206e954fb!8m2!3d34.0540764!4d-118.2402094!16s%2Fm%2F027v7cq?authuser=0&entry=ttu)) 4.      Azusa Street Mission (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival) (in today’s Little Tokyo) 5.      Bronzeville (in today’s Little Tokyo): How 'Little Tokyo' Of Los Angeles Changed Into 'Bronzeville' And Back Again (NPR) (https://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/516064700/how-little-tokyo-of-los-angeles-changed-into-bronzeville-and-back-again); and Azusa Street to Bronzeville: The Black History of Little Tokyo (PBS SoCal) (https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/azusa-street-to-bronzeville-the-black-history-of-little-tokyo) Honorable Mention: El Prieto Canyon (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/el-prieto-loop)—named after Robert Owens (https://lowelifesrcc.org/2021/08/23/robert-owens-and-el-prieto-canyon/) Whom would you choose to ask about their Five Places? Amy Murphy (https://arch.usc.edu/people/amy-murphy), Akira Mizuta Lippit  (https://cinema.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?id=9796) Interview Date: 02-24-21 Related Links / Also Mentioned in this episode: J. Yolande Daniels, Black City: the Los Angeles Edition (https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/312/4040), The Museum of Modern Art (2020). Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America (https://www.moma.org/d/pdfs/W1siZiIsIjIwMjEvMDIvMjMvNGsycml5NmRla19Nb01BX1JlY29uc3RydWN0aW9uc19QUkVWSUVXLnBkZiJdXQ/MoMA_Reconstructions_PREVIEW.pdf?sha=658a29044a48951a), The Museum of Modern Art (2020), Totem House by studioSUMO + Histories of Negation by J. Yolande Daniels, Architecture at Home, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (https://crystalbridges.org/calendar/architecture-at-home/) MIT Center for Art Media and Technology (https://arts.mit.edu/projects/black-city/) Crystal Bridges Museum debuts five house prototypes that take on Northwest Arkansas’s housing crisis (https://www.archpaper.com/2022/08/crystal-bridges-museum-five-house-prototypes-northwest-arkansass-housing-crisis/) (The Architect’s Newspaper) The Open Hand: A Conversation with the Descendants of Biddy Mason (https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/09/418616/open-hand-conversation-descendants-biddy-mason) What’s in a street name? LA’s forgotten Calle de los Negros (KCRW) (https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/calle-de-los-negros) – refers to the 1871 anti-Chinese massacre in downtown Los Angeles and the forthcoming memorial designed by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong and Judy Chui-Hua Chung.  (https://www.instagram.com/nicolasleong_judychung/) How Can We Create Communities of Care? Projects by architect Sekou Cooke and designer J. Yolande Daniels explore how architecture can nurture people and communities. (https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/525) A Glimpse of the Kingdom of Heaven: the Azusa Street Revival (PBS) (https://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/journey_3/p_9.html) Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Monica Lamela, Quynh Nguyen Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on unceded Chumash and Tongva land. © 2024 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

3. 

   29 Feb 2024

   BONUS: Mike the PoeT reads Los Angeles A to Z

   Discover more of Mike’s work via his instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mikethepoetla/), and Linktree (https://linktr.ee/mikethepoetla), and find other relevant links in the show notes for his original interview with art critic Shana Nys Dambrot (E14) (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-14-2-mike-the-poet). For Shana’s bio and her Five Places L.A. interview, check out Episode 12, here (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-12-1-shana-nys-dambrot). “Los Angeles A to Z” is a poem included in Mike Sonksen’s beautiful tribute to Los Angeles, “Letters to My City”, the second edition of which was just published by Writ Large Press (https://www.writlargeprojects.com/shop/p/letters-to-my-city-2nd-edition) in 2023. “The poems and essays in Letters to My City combine two decades of field experience, research, personal observations, and stories told to the author, Mike Sonksen, a third-generation Los Angeles native, by his grandfather and other family members, to interrogate all sides of Los Angeles, its streets, its people, its neighborhoods, as a means to examine the postmodern metropolis.”

4. 

   18 Jan 2024

   14: (+2) Mike the PoeT by Shana Nys Dambrot

   Discover more of Mike’s work via his instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mikethepoetla/), and Linktree (https://linktr.ee/mikethepoetla), and find other relevant links below in the notes. This is our first “plus-two” interview! In each episode, we ask our interviewees to name someone whom they in turn would choose to ask about the five places that define Los Angeles for them. Artist Laurie Lipton, our episode 8 guest (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-08-laurie-lipton), chose art critic Shana Nys Dambrot as her plus one. To watch or listen to Laurie interview Shana about her five places, check out her interview and episode here (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-12-1-shana-nys-dambrot). Shana then chose Mike, making this our first plus-two. Stay tuned for Mike’s extraordinary interviewee, who will be our first plus-three. Show notes and Mike’s Five Places: 1.      Cascades park (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/80093) in Monterey park. 2.      Beyond Baroque (https://beyondbaroque.org/), Venice. Mike also mentions: the LA-founded punk band X (https://www.xtheband.com/), the extraordinary Wanda Coleman (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wanda-coleman), aka “the L.A. Blueswoman”, Scott Wannburg (https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/48741-l-a-poet-and-bookseller-scott-wannberg-gets-a-merry-prankster-send-off.html), S.A. Griffin (https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sa_griffin), Tom Waits (http://www.tomwaits.com/), Allan Ginsberg (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/allen-ginsberg), Michael C. Ford (http://www.michaelcford.com/), and Jim Morrison (https://www.biography.com/musicians/jim-morrison). 3.      Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles (https://www.judybaca.com/art/great-wall-of-los-angeles-1974-present/), about which Mike has recorded this video: “Whose Story Do We Tell?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Y)  Also mentioned: Stefano Block, the graffiti artist formerly known as CISCO (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo26835013.html), and the bell hooks book All About Love (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/all-about-love-bell-hooks?variant=41228396986402). 4.      Los Angeles City Hall (https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/los-angeles-city-hall/). Also mentioned, Phillipe’s (https://www.philippes.com/) restaurant, since 1908! 5.      Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Temple (https://www.rk-la.org/) in Boyle Heights. East First street (https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/neighborhoods-los-angeles-first-street-corridor/). Brooklyn Avenue (https://laist.com/news/entertainment/brooklyn-cesar). Nisei week festival (https://niseiweek.org/) in Little Tokyo. Honorable mentions: Leimert Park Village (https://leimertparkvillage.org/) Suehiro (https://linktr.ee/suehirocafe) restaurant in Little Tokyo and Robert Vargas mural Cerritos Library (https://www.cerritoslibrary.us/) Spoon House Japanese Italian restaurant in Gardena – whether you like Japanese Italian-food or not, this Jonathan Gold review (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-17-fo-21-story.html) is a joy to read. Whom would you choose to ask about their Five Places? The great Lynell George. Related Links / Also Mentioned in this episode: Mike Sonksen’s prose poem: “For Mike Davis (https://www.altaonline.com/culture/fiction-and-poetry/a40477772/mike-davis-prose-poem-tribute-mike-sonksen/)” Joan Didion (https://www.joandidion.org/) Robert Arenevar – muralist (https://californiarevealed.org/do/27027fbb-d943-480b-8744-fd8d4056707a) The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illadelph_Halflife) album for sunset drives. “Seven Books to Help Understand Judith Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles and L.A. Itself (https://www.pbssocal.org/arts-entertainment/seven-books-to-help-understand-judith-bacas-great-wall-of-los-angeles-and-l-a-itself)”, by Mike Sonksen Memorial to the Victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre (https://culturela.org/programs-and-initiatives/1871-2/) Glenn Kaino’s show, Aki’s Market (https://www.janm.org/exhibits/glenn-kaino), at the Japanese American Museum The Hood Historian (https://www.instagram.com/hoodhistorian562/?hl=en) Huell Howser (https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/visiting-huell-howser), as Mike says “respected human dignity. He let others shine.” bell hooks’ book  All About Love (https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/all-about-love/) Marugame Monzo (https://marugamemonzola.com/) Japanese fusion restaurant Page Against the Machine (https://www.patmbooks.com/) bookstore D. J. Waldie (https://www.djwaldie.com/) Julia Cameron and The Artist’s Way (https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/) Natalie Goldberg (https://nataliegoldberg.com/) Lynell George (https://www.lynellgeorge.com/) Ruben Martinez (https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/ruben-martinez) Brian Cross (https://www.mochilla.com/bplus) Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Quynh Nguyen Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash and Tongva land. © 2024 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

5. 

   2 Nov 2023

   13: Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter

   Show notes and Ingalill’s Five Places: 1.10,000ft above LA (preferably in a small aircraft, but also in a commercial plane) 2. Grand Park, designed by Deborah Sussman / SussmanPrejza (https://sussmanprejza.com/project/grand-park/) 3. Angel City Football Club games at Gensler-designed BMO stadium (https://www.gensler.com/projects/bmo-stadium), and the walk from Metro, through Exposition Park with the Rose Garden, the CAAM, the upcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and the Coliseum. 4. The back yard, in general, Ingalill’s family’s back yard in particular, and the view from her deck which includes the DWP Building (https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/department-of-water-and-power-building/), the  Westin Bonaventure Hotel (https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/westin-bonaventure-hotel-and-suites/), Los Angeles City Hall (https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/los-angeles-city-hall/), and Dodger Stadium (https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/ballpark). 5. Community colleges in general, ELAC in particular, whose campus includes the Vincent Price Art Museum by Arquitectonica, EYRC student center building. HGA, house & Robertson. Los Angeles Mission renovation by W-ROAD.Downtown Library Art (Docent Tours (https://lapl.org/branches/central-library/art-architecture%20%7C%7C%20https:/lapl.org/branches/central-library/docent-tours-central-library)). Honorable Mentions: The Downtown Public Library, The Whiskey a Gogo, Busch gardens, Hollywood Blvd. Whom would you choose to ask about their Five Places? Ingalill’s students, and also: Barbara Bestor, Doris Sung, Carmen Suero, Demar Matthews. Interview Date: 08-08-23 Related Links / Also Mentioned in this episode: Lawrence Weschler, “L.A. Glows (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/02/23/l-a-glows),” The New Yorker, February 15, 1998. Rebecca Ellis, Julia Wick, “Downtown L.A.’s Grand Park to be renamed in honor of longtime Supervisor Gloria Molina (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-21/downtown-l-a-s-grand-park-renamed-in-honor-of-longtime-supervisor-gloria-molina),” The Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2023. Alissa Walker, “The Designer Who Helped Give LA its Look (https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/on-view-the-designer-who-helped-give-l-a-its-look/),” The New York Times’ T Magazine, December 17, 2013 Christopher Hawthorne, “Deborah Sussman Loves L.A. (and She Always Has) (https://metropolismag.com/projects/deborah-sussman-loves-l-a/),” Metropolis, March 12, 2014. Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, “DEBORAH SUSSMAN (1931–2014), (https://www.artforum.com/columns/ingalill-wahlroos-ritter-on-deborah-sussman-1931-2014-221766/)” ARTFORUM, October 15, 2014 Oliver Wainwright, “More is More: The Gaudy Genius of the Late Deborah Sussman (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/aug/27/graphics-genius-deborah-sussman),” The Guardian, August 27, 2014. Diana Budds, “The Woman Who Made The 1984 Olympics A Masterpiece Of Design (https://www.fastcompany.com/3059969/the-woman-who-made-the-1984-olympics-into-a-legendary-design-event),” Fast Company, May 18, 2016. The Los Angeles Olympics (https://sussmanprejza.com/project/grand-park/) project overview, Sussman Prejza. Emma Kemp, “Meet Angel City FC, the women’s team owned by Natalie Portman and a host of stars (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/meet-angel-city-fc-the-women-s-team-owned-by-natalie-portman-and-a-host-of-stars-20230804-p5dtvm.html),” The Sydney Morning Herald, August 5, 2023. HBO special on Angel City Football https://www.hbo.com/angel-city (https://www.hbo.com/angel-city) Jen Carlson, “Photos: The Charming Mid-Century Dingbats Of Los Angeles (https://laist.com/news/la-history/photos-the-beautiful-dingbats-of-lo),” LAist, Sep 7, 2015. DINGBAT 2.0: THE ICONIC LOS ANGELES AS A PROJECTION OF METROPOLIS, a Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design publication (https://laforum.org/BOOK-Dingbat-2-0) M. Nolan Gray, “The UCLA Students Who Live in Their Cars (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/california-vehicular-homelessness-car-dwelling-los-angeles/674901/),” The Atlantic, August 3, 2023. Liam Dillon, “‘Gimme Shelter’: California’s housing crisis forces college students into homelessness,” The Los Angeles Times, Nov 17, 2022. Visual Intelligence (https://www.visualintelligencebook.com/) by Amy Sherman, with a Deborah Sussman graphic design on the cover KCRW Sounds LA (https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/soundsla) Credits: Ingalill’s headshot photo: Monica Nouwens (graphic treatment by Anali Gharakhani) Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Quynh Nguyen Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash and Tongva land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

6. 

   21 Sept 2023

   12: (+1) Shana Nys Dambrot by Laurie Lipton

   This is our third “plus-one” interview. In each episode, we ask our interviewees to name someone whom they in turn would choose to ask about the five places that define Los Angeles for them.  Artist Laurie Lipton (https://www.laurielipton.com/), our Episode 08 guest (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-08-laurie-lipton), chose art critic Shana Nys Dambrot (http://www.sndx.net/) as her plus one, and this is their wonderful conversation. Show notes and  Shana’s five places: 1. Chateau Marmont (http://www.chateaumarmont.com/) (in the 80s and 90s). 2. Self Realization Fellowship (https://ncal.yogananda.org/lake-shrine-temple-retreat) Lake Shrine (Palisades). 3. Downtown Library Art (Docent Tours (https://lapl.org/branches/central-library/art-architecture%20||%20https:/lapl.org/branches/central-library/docent-tours-central-library)). 4. Getty Villa (https://www.getty.edu/visit/villa/) (and Getty Center (https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/)). 5. L.A. Flower Mart (https://originallaflowermarket.com/), and Shana recommends the Poppy and Ros (https://www.poppyandrose.com/)e cafe next door. Honorable Mention: Tales of the American (https://www.talesoftheamerican.com/) (documentary on the American Hotel). Related Links / Also Mentioned in this episode: William Douglas Lee (https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/3632/), architect of the Chateau Marmont (https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/2277/) Art and Architecture of the Downtown Central Library (https://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library/art-architecture) and Maguire Gardens (https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/maguire-gardens) Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (https://www.tclf.org/pioneer/lawrence-halprin) and his wife, famed choreographer Anna Halprin (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/arts/dance/anna-halprin-dies-at-100-choreographer-committed-to-experimenting.html) The Mark Taper Forum (https://www.centertheatregroup.org/visit/mark-taper-forum/) at the Downtown Central Library Fountain Design (https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/fountains-add-history-peace-librarys-gardens) at the Downtown Central Library Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Creator and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash and Tongva land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

7. 

   17 Aug 2023

   11: Gary Baseman

   Watch this episode on YouTube  (https://youtu.be/wCbBRF4-rtY) |follow us on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/five_places_la/) Los Angeles native Gary Baseman is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the human condition through fine art, illustration, performance, film, fashion, and toy design. Known for his raw style and humor, his art has appeared in international publications (The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone), games and toys (Cranium), digital collectibles (VeVe), and in the ABC/Disney animated series and feature film “Teacher’s Pet,” for which he was creator and executive producer. Baseman’s awards include multiple Emmys, a British Academy of Film & Television Arts award, and Fulbright and Sundance New Frontier fellowships. His many brand collaborations include COACH, Lladro, and Dr. Martens. His fine art has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America. We highly recommend watching this episode on our YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/QeRhCzMdyCY), as Gary shows several of his extraordinary drawings onscreen, his cat Bosko drops in several times, and we have embedded photographs from Gary’s long history in LA into the video. Big thanks to Gary for sharing his art, his photos, and his stories so generously. Show notes and  Gary ’s five places Canter’s Deli (https://www.cantersdeli.com/) Fairfax district: Pan Pacific auditorium (https://architectuul.com/architecture/pan-pacific-auditorium), Pan Pacific movie theatre (https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/pan-pacific-theatre.html), and bowling alley. Gilmore drive in, Kiddieland (https://www.kcet.org/history-society/beverly-park-and-ponyland-the-kiddieland-that-inspired-walt-disney), Tail o’ the Pup (https://www.tailothepup.com/), Original Farmer’s Market (https://farmersmarketla.com/), CBS Studios. Many of the buildings Gary remembers no longer exist. This neighborhood guide (https://www.neighborhood.guide/los-angeles/fairfax-la-brea) and this post by The Hundreds (https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/fairfax-before-streetwear) dig into the history. La Brea Tar Pits (https://tarpits.org/) The Witch’s House aka the Spadena House (https://laist.com/news/entertainment/photos-beverly-hills-witch-house-spadena) (though Gary nearly chose “his hill” in Griffith Park (https://www.laparks.org/griffithpark/)) Musso + Frank (https://mussoandfrank.com/) Related Links / Also Mentioned in this episode Discover more of Gary’s work on his website (https://www.garybaseman.com/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/garybaseman/?hl=en) Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall”: The New Yorker’s view of Los Angeles (https://pocketcultures.com/2010/10/18/woody-allen%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cannie-hall%E2%80%9D-the-new-yorker%E2%80%99s-view-of-los-angeles/) Remembering Beverly Park and Kiddieland (https://lamag.com/lahistory/remembering-beverly-park) Beverly Park and Ponyland: The 'Kiddieland' that Inspired Walt Disney (https://www.kcet.org/history-society/beverly-park-and-ponyland-the-kiddieland-that-inspired-walt-disney) The Carol Burnett show (https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/carol-burnett-show-the-1967-78), and The Price is Right (https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/price-is-right-the). The Formosa Café (https://theformosacafe.com/) Genghis Cohen (https://www.genghiscohen.com/about) Chateau Marmont (http://www.chateaumarmont.com/) The Griffith Observatory (https://griffithobservatory.org/) The Mamas & The Papas (https://www.themamasandthepapasofficial.com/) Jim Heimann (https://jimheimann.com/) and his many books on California (https://jimheimann.com/books/) History and photos of the Pan Pacific Auditorium (https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/pan-pacific-auditorium.html) (1935, architects Wurdeman & Becket) and Pan Pacific Movie Theatre (https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/pan-pacific-theatre.html) (opened 1942, architect William L. Pereira). A Pan Pacific history from the perspective of Scotty Moore (http://www.scottymoore.net/panpacific.html), studio and touring guitarist for Elvis Presley between 1954 and 1968. Annie Hall driving scene in which the Gilmore drive-in appears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MaCXa3ZSH8) at timestamp 1:06 CBS television City (https://live-laconservancy-wp.pantheonsite.io/learn/historic-places/cbs-television-city/) (1952, architects Pereira & Luckman) The tastes that define LA for Gary Baseman: The martini at Musso &Frank (https://mussoandfrank.com/); the potato knish with gravy, or the chocolate rugelach at Canter's (https://www.cantersdeli.com/), the enchiladas Howard at El Coyote (http://elcoyotecafe.com/). Credits: All photos © Gary Baseman 2023 unless otherwise noted Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Creator and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

8. 

   18 May 2023

   10: Julie Eizenberg

   Show notes and Julie’s five places: This interview was recorded on March 30, 2023 1. Beach (ex: Santa Monica beach (https://santamonica.gov/places/parks/santa-monica-state-beach)) 2. Topography of hills and plains (as you might see from the Griffith Observatory (https://griffithobservatory.org/)): a mythical place with elusive edges 3. Distinctive and walkable neighborhoods (Santa Monica (https://santamonica.com/experience-santa-monica/neighborhoods), Boyle Heights (https://angelswalkla.org/walks/boyle-heights), Lincoln Heights (https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/lincoln-heights-0), Arts District (https://discoverlosangeles.com/visit/a-visual-walking-tour-of-the-arts-district-in-downtown-la), Atwater Village (https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/discover-atwater-village-in-los-angeles), mid-Wilshire (https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/mid-wilshire/index.html), pockets of the Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley), Sierra Madre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Madre,_California), West Ventura (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura,_California)) Cuernavaca café (https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/taqueria-cuernavaca-ventura-ca-93001_43vc120801.html) on Ventura avenue. 4. Strip malls, with their ephemeral signage, and Park’s barbecue (https://parksbbq.com/) in particular 5. Homeless encampments (https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/04/california-homeless-strategy-encampment-los-angeles) Also mentioned in this episode/related links: KoningEizenberg on instagram (https://instagram.com/koningeizenberg) KoningEizenberg firm overview video (https://youtube.com/watch?v=I12g0AMN-mA) LA Times neighborhood mapping project (https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods?q=santa-monica&redirect_type=neighborhood&tab=profile) - most of the distinctive and walkable neighborhoods mentioned by Julie are included in this project. Disney Concert Hall (https://laphil.com/about/our-venues/about-the-walt-disney-concert-hall) Eames House (https://eamesfoundation.org/house/eames-house) (Case Study House No.8) Reyner Banham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reyner_Banham) and Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (https://ucpress.edu/book/9780520260153/los-angeles) Jonathan Gold (https://www.latimes.com/people/jonathan-gold) Joan Didion on Driving as Secular Worship and Self-Transcendence (https://themarginalian.org/2015/01/16/joan-didion-white-album-driving) (The Marginalian) Julie Eizenberg interviewed in Madame Architect (https://madamearchitect.org/interviews/2021/11/29/konig-eizenbergs-julie-eizenberg) The Right Touch (https://metropolismag.com/projects/the-right-touch), article on KoningEizenberg by Christopher Hawthorne in Metropolis Magazine Five Places L.A. LISTENER SURVEY! (https://forms.gle/SHZtvQLURuFd2iRJ8) Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org)

9. 

   13 Apr 2023

   09: (+1) Ron Athey by Lisa Teasley

   (Note: "Athey" is pronounced with a long "A", as in "āi", as opposed to Emmanuelle's short "a" pronunciation in the intro. The episode was recorded in Dec. 2020 and includes mention of recent closings due to the pandemic.) Show notes and Ron ’s five places Grand Central Market (https://grandcentralmarket.com/) Griffith Park (https://www.laparks.org/griffithpark/), with its archery range, zoo, and Autry Museum (https://theautry.org/) Huntington Library and Gardens (https://huntington.org/) Silverlake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Lake,_Los_Angeles) and Sunset Junction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Junction,_Los_Angeles), Tabasco’s (https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/crazy-noisy-freaked-out-dance-music-for-weirdos/), Cliff’s Edge (closed but maybe reopening (https://la.eater.com/2021/3/1/22307578/silver-lake-cliffs-edge-restaurant-reopening-bacari-new-opening-tenant-coming-summer)), Catch one (https://www.catch.one/#/events), Pacific Dining Car (https://pacificdiningcar.com/) Farther afield: The unincorporated community of Zzyzx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California), California. Also mentioned in this episode/ related links Five Places L.A.  LISTENER SURVEY! (https://forms.gle/SHZtvQLURuFd2iRJ8) The Grapes of Wrath (https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Grapes-of-Wrath) Hemet (https://www.hemetca.gov/) and Pomona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona,_California) Mark Steger (https://marksteger.net/) John Rechy (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Rechy) James Ellroy (https://www.jamesellroy.net/) Guardian article on the 2028 Olympics by Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin: Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/24/los-angeles-2028-olympics-karen-bass-ioc) Versailles Cuban chicken (https://www.versaillesrestaurant.com/about) The unincorporated community ofZzyzx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California), California. Rita D’Albert (https://www.instagram.com/msrita/?hl=en) Christopher Knight’s LA Times review of Athey’s 2012 show “Queer Communion: Ron Athey” at ICA LA: Review: ‘Queer Communion’ and the engrossing, squirm-inducing world of Ron Athey (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-07-09/review-queer-communion-ron-athey-ica-la)

10. 

    16 Mar 2023

    08: Laurie Lipton

    Show notes and Laurie’s five places: This interview was recorded on December 22, 2022 The Getty Museum (https://www.getty.edu/museum/) LACMA (https://www.lacma.org/) Pacific Coast Highway (https://www.roadtripusa.com/pacific-coast/) aka California State Route 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1) and 3b. Hummingbirds (https://www.birdadvisors.com/hummingbirds-california/) The Pacific Ocean (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/pacific-ocean), the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. And that famous L.A. light quality, as described by Patt Morrison in the L.A. Times: You’ve noticed it, right? There’s just something about L.A.’s light (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-18/la-light-patt-morrison) Trader Joe’s (https://www.traderjoes.com/home) (and fresh produce in general, especially avocados!) Also mentioned in this episode: The Ghent Altarpiece (https://www.npr.org/2010/12/25/132283848/is-this-the-worlds-most-coveted-painting)by Jan van Eyck Art for art’s sake (https://www.britannica.com/topic/art-for-arts-sake) “Happy (https://www.laurielipton.com/post-truth/#jp-carousel-1248)”, the painting behind Laurie during the interview Shayna Nys Dambrot (https://www.instagram.com/shananys/?hl=en) Related Links Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings (https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/601126/love-bite-laurie-lipton/), a documentary film by James Scott Newest Book: LAURIE LIPTON drawing (https://lastgasp.com/products/laurie-lipton-drawing) Website: www.laurielipton.com (http://www.laurielipton.com/) On instagram: @laurieliptondrawings (https://www.instagram.com/laurieliptondrawings/) Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Monica Lamela for her extraordinary video editing skills This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2023 Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, and FIVE PLACES L.A. www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

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    19 Jan 2023

    07: Frances Anderton

    Show notes and Frances’ five places: This interview was recorded on December 29, 2022 1. The Sixth street replacement viaduct (https://www.hntb.com/projects/sixth-street-viaduct-replacement/) 2. Santa Monica Pier (https://pacpark.com/history-of-the-santa-monica-pier/) 3. Gabrielino-Tongva Springs (http://gabrielinosprings.com/wpsite/) Foundation 4. Schindler House (https://www.schindlerhouse.org/) 5. Outdoor dining in Los Angeles Also mentioned in this episode: April Greiman (https://www.madeinspace.la/about) Deborah Sussman (https://sussmanprejza.com/bio/deborah-sussman/) To The Point (https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/to-the-point) hosted by Warren Olney on KCRW Which Way L.A. (https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/which-way-la) hosted by Warren Olney on KCRW Michael Sorkin, the architecture critic who was originally assigned to the project that brought Frances to L.A., and who died of the coronavirus in 2020 (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/arts/michael-sorkin-dead.html). From the L.A. Times: 6th Street bridge: A civic wonder that reflects L.A.'s promise and its simmering problems (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-02/whats-dividing-l-a-sits-along-the-sixth-street-bridge) From the L.A. Times: More than a bridge: Michael Maltzan’s 6th Street Viaduct addresses mistakes of L.A.'s past (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-29/architect-michael-maltzan-6th-street-viaduct-la-river-bridge) From the New York Times: Los Angeles Enjoys Its New Bridge a Little Too Much (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/us/los-angeles-bridge-viaduct.html) Patti Smith at the Santa Monica Pier (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-18-et-smith18-story.html) (one of many appearances). “‘Rewilding’ the land brings back birds, bees, butterflies” (https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/earth-day-climate-change/rewilding-native-plants-landscape) by Frances Anderton on KCRW.com An L.A. Times piece on the surge in outdoor dining brought on by the pandemic: The year of the party tent: What the age of COVID taught us about architecture in 2021 (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-12-15/2021-the-year-of-the-party-tent-covid-era-architecture) Related links: Read: Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles (https://www.angelcitypress.com/products/cogr?mc_cid=4701b71d4c&mc_eid=c9ec872163), Frances’ redefinition of "home" in the Southland. Watch: 40 Years of Building Community (https://communitycorp.org/40-years-of-building-community/), a short film Frances co-produced about Community Corp of Santa Monica. Listen: Audio tour of buildings in Common Ground, with KCRW's Steve Chiotakis (https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/multifamily-housing-la-dodgers/common-ground-frances-anderton); Q + A with KPCC's Larry Mantle (https://www.kpcc.org/show/airtalk/2022-12-06/special-california-legislative-session-convened-regarding-high-oil-prices) about Common Ground and why he loved apartment living in L.A.. Credits: This podcast is produced by a small team of volunteers at the LA Forum (http://www.laforum.org/). To keep us going and growing, we’d greatly appreciate your support! Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen, and share with friends and colleagues. Or, make a donation at www.fiveplaces.la (http://www.fiveplaces.la/). Thank you for listening. All images of “Common Ground: Multi-family Housing in Los Angeles © Angel City Press 2022 Opening video © Emmanuelle Bourlier 2023 Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/?hl=en) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2023 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

12. 

    17 Nov 2022

    06: (+1) Carribean Fragoza by Carolina Miranda

    Carribean Fragoza (http://carribeanfragoza.com/) is a fiction writer and journalist from South El Monte, CA. Her collection of stories Eat the Mouth That Feeds You  (https://citylights.com/general-fiction/eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you/)was published in 2021 by City Lights and was a finalist for a 2022 PEN Award. Her co-edited compilation of essays, East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte (https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/east-of-east/9781978805484) was published by Rutgers University Press and her forthcoming collection of essays Writing Home: New Terrains of California will be published by Angel City Press in 2023. She has published in Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, Zyzzyva, Alta, BOMB, Huizache (https://huizachemag.org/), KCET, the Los Angeles Review of Books, ArtNews, and Aperture Magazine. She is the Prose Editor at Huizache Magazine and Creative Nonfiction and Poetry Editor at Boom California (https://boomcalifornia.org/), a journal of UC Press. Fragoza is the founder and co-director of South El Monte Arts Posse, an interdisciplinary arts collective. She lives in the San Gabriel Valley in Greater Los Angeles. Carribean’s five places The Starlite swap meet (https://www.kcet.org/history-society/the-starlite-swap-meet) (reached via Rush Street in El Monte) Legg lake in Whittier Narrows Park (https://parks.lacounty.gov/whittier-narrows-recreation-area/). A hike (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/legg-lake-loop-trail) and a fishing guide (https://outdoorsman.guide/legg-lake-fishing-guide/). Los Callejones and Santee Alley (https://fashiondistrict.org/post/the-santee-alley) Car wash taco eateries. We were unable to find links to the El Monte place referenced by Carribean, but here are Deliciosas Pupusas in El Sereno (https://www.yelp.com/biz/deliciosas-pupusas-los-angeles), and other car wash tacos are discussed by L.A. Taco (Macho’s tacos (https://www.lataco.com/machos-tacos-los-feliz/)), and LA eater (https://la.eater.com/21513257/la-car-wash-restaurants-indian-tacos-hot-chicken). The warehouse district (https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/24/9896806/los-angeles-arts-district-history-photos), now known as the (ahem) Arts District. More here (https://www.laconservancy.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/ArtsDistrict_Booklet_LR.pdf), by the L.A. conservancy. Also Mentioned in this episode Designer Miguel Barragan (https://www.instagram.com/migueljbarragan/?hl=en) Carolina Miranda’s LA Times piece on Rafa Esparsa’s callejones performance (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-rafa-esparza-ica-la-20180625-story.html) Carribean’s books: Eat the Mouth That Feeds You  (https://citylights.com/general-fiction/eat-the-mouth-that-feeds-you/) East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte (https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/east-of-east/9781978805484) Credits: This podcast is produced by a small team of volunteers at the LA Forum (http://www.laforum.org). To keep us going and growing, we’d greatly appreciate your support! Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen, and share with friends and colleagues. Or, make a donation at www.fiveplaces.la (http://www.fiveplaces.la). Thank you for listening. Opening video © Emmanuelle Bourlier 2022 Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne Predock This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

13. 

    27 Oct 2022

    05: Lisa Teasley

    Lisa ’s five places Adams district and the Golden State Life Insurance Building (https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/golden-state-mutual-life-insurance-building) by Paul R. Williams (https://www.laconservancy.org/architects/paul-r-williams), who was also featured in Episode 01 with Carolina Miranda (https://fiveplaces.la/episode-01-carolina-a-miranda). Laurel Canyon and its music history. Venice and the Venice Canals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_Canal_Historic_District). Baldwin Hills with its scenic overlook and steps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver_City_Stairs) and Kenneth Hahn State Park (https://parks.lacounty.gov/kenneth-hahn-state-recreation-area/), adjacent to the Crenshaw District and Leimert Park. Downtown LA, with Chinatown (http://chinatownla.com/wp1/), Union Station (https://www.unionstationla.com/), The Flower Market (http://originallaflowermarket.com/), and adjacent Silverlake/Echo Park. Also Mentioned in this episode Canter’s Deli on Fairfax (http://www.cantersdeli.com/) Gorky’s (https://www.laconservancy.org/gorkys-russian-cafe) – now closed Hank’s bar (https://la.eater.com/2015/2/6/7994197/downtown-dive-bar-hanks-shutter-closing-hangover-observations) – now closed Musso and Frank’s (https://mussoandfrank.com/) – still open! The Frolic Room (https://totally-la.com/frolic-room-hollywood-legend/) – temporarily closed Books mentioned in this episode: available through Eso Won bookstore (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/): Instagram @esowonbooks (https://www.instagram.com/esowonbooks/) / Email to place orders: esowonbooks@yahoo.com (mailto:esowonbooks@yahoo.com) City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781786635891), by Mike Davis After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781626400535), by Lynell George Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the sixties (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781784780227), by Mike Davis and Jon Weiner Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781496201300), by Alison Rose Jefferson Glow in the Dark (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781885942197), by Lisa Teasley (lisateasley.com) Dive (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781582343983), by Lisa Teasley (lisateasley.com) Heat Signature (https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781596911017), by Lisa Teasley (lisateasley.com) Related links: A Place at the Table in Echo Park (https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/a41301431/natalia-molina-place-at-the-nayarit-echo-park-lisa-teasley/), Alta Journal, September 29, 2022. Author and artist Lisa Teasley looks at Natalia Molina’s A Place at the Nayarit, through her own experience of Echo Park over the years. Glossolalia (https://www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2022/8/2/glossolalia-by-lisa-teasley?rq=Lisa%20Teasley), by Lisa Teasley, Kweli Journal, August 30, 2022. The Only Black Person in the Room (https://parabola.org/2022/07/28/the-only-black-person-in-the-room/), by Lisa Teasley, Parabola Journal, July 28, 2022. The Castle in the Trees (https://everythingchanges2020.org/Lisa-Teasley), August 2020, for the L.A. Forum’s Every.Thing.Changes exhibition. Credits: This podcast is produced by a small team of volunteers at the LA Forum (http://www.laforum.org). To keep us going and growing, we’d greatly appreciate your support! Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen, and share with friends and colleagues. Or, make a donation at www.fiveplaces.la (http://www.fiveplaces.la). Thank you for listening. All images © Lisa Teasley 2022 Opening video © Emmanuelle Bourlier 2022 Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com (https://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne Predock This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org (http://laforum.org/)

14. 

    6 Oct 2022

    a short message from Emmanuelle

    A short message from Five Places host Emmanuelle Bourlier, including an even shorter clip from Episode Three with Sam Lubell, executive editor of Metropolis magazine.

15. 

    22 Sept 2022

    04: Natasha Case

    Natasha ’s five places L.A. Birria (https://www.instagram.com/l.a_birria/?hl=en), West Adams Bluffs Park (https://www.malibucity.org/facilities/facility/details/malibu-bluffs-park-6) in Malibu Musso and Frank (https://mussoandfrank.com/) Dodger Stadium (https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/ballpark) The Cornfield Park (https://www.kcet.org/shows/earth-focus/field-of-dreams-the-cornfield-throughout-los-angeles-history) Also Mentioned in this episode D.J. Waldie on the history of the term Angeleno (https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/angelino-angeleno-and-angeleno) Lobster rolls at Broad Street Oyster Co. in Malibu (https://www.broadstreetoyster.com/) Dodgers Stadium becomes a site for mass vaccinations (https://www.npr.org/2021/01/17/957779079/dodgers-stadium-becomes-site-for-mass-coronavirus-vaccinations) Highland Park Brewery (https://hpb.la/) Common Space Brewery (https://www.commonspace.la/)

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    1 Sept 2022

    03: Sam Lubell

    Sam ’s five places Bahooka and Rufus the fish. Bahooka closing (https://www.laweekly.com/bahooka-closing-in-march-one-last-meal-at-bahooka-family-restaurant/), and video tour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-CX6yGUBo). Rufus the Pacu fish eating a carrot (https://vimeo.com/30959960). Carousel (https://www.carouselrestaurant.com/) restaurant and Sam’s New York Times piece about amazing food in strip malls. (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/travel/standout-restaurants-strip-malls-los-angeles-california.html) Elysian Park, Griffith Park, and the LA Police Academy Garden (https://la.curbed.com/2011/6/24/10459514/elysian-parks-la-police-academy-garden-arrestingly-lovely) The Bonaventure Hotel (https://portmanarchitects.com/project/the-westin-bonaventure/) The Magic Castle (http://www.magiccastle.com/) Also Mentioned in this episode “Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Watts Towers (https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/watts-towers-the-story-of-an-la-icon) Farnam House Santa Monica (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/farnam-house) Slab City and Salvation Mountain (https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/slab-city-california-desert/) near Salton Sea Hollywood vibe restaurants: Musso & Frank (https://mussoandfrank.com/), Clifton’s (https://theneverlands.com/venues/), The Dresden (https://www.thedresden.com/) Los Angeles City Hall (https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/los-angeles-city-hall) The Broad Museum (https://www.thebroad.org/) Also see: “Elizabeth Diller’s designs on the Broad draw from architect’s avant-garde eye (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-elizabeth-diller-broad-20150910-column.html)” by Episode One guest, LA Times Art & Architecture writer Carolina Miranda Walt Disney Concert Hall (https://www.laphil.com/about/our-venues/about-the-walt-disney-concert-hall) and Frank Gehry on the Architecture of LA's Disney Concert Hall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZoR6SpmqSQ) Guggenheim Bilbao (https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/the-building) Centre Pompidou (https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en), and the Kandisky Library (https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/collections/the-kandinsky-library) Sixth Street Viaduct (https://metropolismag.com/profiles/los-angeles-sixth-street-viaduct/) Sam Lubell’s LA Times piece about SoFi stadium (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-02/sofi-stadium-architecture-park). Episode One guest Carolina Miranda (https://www.latimes.com/people/carolina-a-miranda) wrote about SoFi Stadium’s 5 best places (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-02-08/super-bowl-2022-5-best-sofi-architectural-spots-at-sofi-stadium) and also about the stadium’s lack of representation of Black artists (https://ameriniristorantedipesce.com/2022/04/23/carolina-a-miranda-sofi-stadiums-art-plan-left-black-artists-in-limbo-used-as-a-pawn-says-artist-rep-los-angeles-times-bc-art-miranda-columnla/). The LACMA debate covered by the LA Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-02-28/reader-feedback-lacma-teardown-zumthor-democratic-debate-parasite) Books authored by Sam Lubell (https://www.samlubell.com/print)

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    11 Aug 2022

    02: Lizzie Armanto

    Lizzie Armanto’s Five Places: The Cove skatepark: Official website (https://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=32414) / IG page (https://www.instagram.com/unofficialcove/), with announcements about girls sessions Galco’s soda pop stop (https://sodapopstop.com/). If you know about the “atom” drink that was Lizzie’s favorite, please reach out to us! The bridges over the LA river and the tunnels, in particular the 2nd street tunnel where many movies were filmed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Street_Tunnel). Note that this episode was recorded before the 6th street viaduct opened on July 09, 2022. Thenew viaduct was designed by architect Michael Maltzan and engineer Deborah Weintraub (https://metropolismag.com/profiles/los-angeles-sixth-street-viaduct/) to be not only functional and beautiful, but become a public space in its own right. From the Metropolis article: “ When the City of Los Angeles officially opened the new 6th Street Viaduct (https://www.sixthstreetviaduct.org/) on July 9, a crowd of Angelenos swarmed the bridge deck, much the way New Yorkers had celebrated John A. Roebling’s Brooklyn Bridge in 1883. It’s rare for a piece of civic infrastructure to get such a welcome. But the original 1932 6th Street Bridge was the most revered of the fourteen historic bridges crossing the Los Angeles River, and the new bridge, called the “Ribbon of Light” by its architect Michael Maltzan (https://metropolismag.com/projects/qaumajuq-inuit-art-maltzan/), came to embody a feeling of communal pride during the years of waiting for the span to reappear. “ The original Farmer’s Market (https://farmersmarketla.com/), with its annual Mardi Gras (https://farmersmarketla.com/events/mardi-gras-2022#!) celebration. El Coyote Café (http://elcoyotecafe.com/), built in 1931. Other links: Lizzie on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lizziearmanto/) You may notice a pair of crutches behind Lizzie in the podcast video. Two months before, in October 2020, she had broken her femur during a devastating slam. She kept it quiet during her recovery and spoke about it in an exclusive on the Hawk v. Wolf podcast:Lizzie Armanto on her Devastating Slam, the Path to Recovery, & Overcoming Adversity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCt1U5Wsolk&t=2s) Thrasher magazine “cold call” video (https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/cold-call-lizzie-armanto/): “Lizzie’s got a green thumb and a deep bag of moves on her backyard ramp. Check the session with Burman, Ronnie, Axel and Allysha joining the jam.” We very briefly touched on the complex issue of the unhoused. A few LA-based information and action resources: the Skid Row Housing Trust (https://skidrow.org/), which “provides permanent supportive housing so that people who have experienced homelessness, prolonged extreme poverty, poor health, disabilities, mental illness and/or addiction can lead safe, stable lives in wellness.” And The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy (https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/about/), which “advances radical democracy in an unequal world through research, critical thought, and alliances with social movements and racial justice activism”, and provides research and resources on housing justice (https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/housing-justice/). Skateboarding and Precalculus: An Unlikely Pairing Made Possible by Olympian Lizzie Armanto (https://community.macmillanlearning.com/t5/learning-stories-blog/skateboarding-and-precalculus-an-unlikely-pairing-made-possible/ba-p/16419/jump-to/first-unread-message) Vanguards | Style, Creativity and Skateboarding Their Own Way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxLkYUNkSM) (VANS): Featuring Vans skateboarders Lizzie Armanto, Yndiara Asp, Mami Tezuka and Brighton Zeuner Lizzie Armanto is the first female skater to complete Tony Hawk’s 360 loop (https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45346837). More on the loop and the events of that day here (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-tony-hawk-20180827-story.html). Dogtown, the birthplace of skating (https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/history-la-dogtown/) Rip city skate shop (https://ripcity-skates.com/): Santa Monica’s classic skate shop since 1978 Show credits Videos of Lizzie skating (all videos except our intro video): courtesy of @LizzieArmanto (https://www.instagram.com/lizziearmanto/) Special thanks to Brian Adams and Rick Boisdeau for making the Cove skatepark such an amazing place, and for putting us in touch with Lizzie. Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com/ (http://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen, Jayna Zweiman Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne Predock This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES

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    7 Jul 2022

    01: Carolina A. Miranda

    Show notes and Carolina’s five places: Carolina’s article on the “Low Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles” competition, referencing Panorama City. (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-17/an-architectural-competition-imagines-density-done-in-an-l-a-way%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959659535%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2MAGvXJLMlt8VUmns-5TTm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959680762&usg=AOvVaw3eq4TUuyNXi-TNKVoXp65m) 1. The Psychic Center of LA. Its proximity to the freeway, and LA’s freeways in general. Carolina references Reyner Banham, whose book “Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520260153)”  and the accompanying documentary “Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (https://ahbelab.com/2015/06/23/reyner-banham-loves-los-angeles/)” are referenced in her article “Drive-throughs and drive-ins were fading. Coronavirus made them a lifeline (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-06/coronavirus-drive-through-drive-in-were-on-the-way-out-the-pandemic-revived-them)”. Also mentioned are Lisa Anne Auerbach’s photos of psychic establishments (http://lisaanneauerbach.com/psychics), in particular this one of the Psychic Center abutting (https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2019/02/04/lisa-anne-auerbach-frieze-la) the freeway. 2. La Brea Tar Pits (https://tarpits.org/), and the mammoths (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-27/favorite-memory-la-brea-tar-pits-mammoth-reader-responses). (Also, Carry that Weight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B224XDJw6g) by the Beatles is mentioned.) 3. LAX theme building (https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/theme-building-lax) (and the now-defunct (https://www.laweekly.com/nude-nude-nudes-gone-gone/) (https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flatimesblogs.latimes.com%2Flanow%2F2009%2F09%2Fnaked-los-angeles-landmark-to-make-way-for-parking-lot.html&data=04%7C01%7CCarolina.Miranda%40latimes.com%7C1a21541fcd4442a6ef8708d91a411ca8%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C637569689247840683%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=t%2BefqkruQzNlasZb%2FRCvk9%2Fo8DsWR%2FCaO%2BZqj8qwIJI%3D&reserved=0)Nude Nudes (https://64.media.tumblr.com/5df4348ae3b6c86ae0424d7af1e2393d/8ed7ff4911062ee8-94/s500x750/becd2edbfedb9dff398a1575182913aa744276ce.jpg)). Sam First jazz bar (https://www.samfirstbar.com/) is also mentioned. 4. Improvised drive throughs and snack-shacks (and a less improvised drive-in church.) Special mentions: Chano’s (http://gechanos.com/) Mexican drive through in Lincoln heights, where the machaca con huevo burrito is Carolina’s favorite in Los Angeles. Christ Cathedral complex (https://christcathedralcalifornia.org/about/heritage-and-history/), and related places: Neutra’s Garden Grove community church (https://neutra.org/project/garden-grove-community-church/),  Isamu Noguchi gardens (https://www.travelcostamesa.com/play/arts-and-museums/visual/california-scenario-noguchi-garden), the Hour of Power opening sequence on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfzHnWTupo) and Taco Maria (http://www.tacomaria.com/). 5. The Stahl House (https://stahlhouse.com/) by Pierre Koenig. Carolina Miranda’s piece on Paul Revere Williams (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-14/architect-paul-r-williams-shaped-los-angeles-black-pioneer), and on his archive being acquired by the Getty (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-06-30/architect-paul-williams-archive-was-thought-lost-in-a-fire-it). The Golden State life insurance (https://la.curbed.com/2020/2/18/21138451/golden-state-mutual-life-insurance-building-los-angeles) building. Also mentioned in this episode: Carolina’s piece on Chilean architecture (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-chilean-architecture-goes-international-20150515-column.html%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959667043%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw3SpQZS-SdyH3xygUEj4IaD&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959683812&usg=AOvVaw1NSpNrzlTgMm30NiD7hJkZ). Avila adobe house (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://www.calleolvera.com/history/adobe/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959667284%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2gFTAvAeAAdS40XyfMyiF4&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959683925&usg=AOvVaw0gn4En72bk2SoW_p0h-lf3) on Olvera street Piece by Alexandra Lange on declaring this the summer of play (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.alexandralange.net/articles/669/lets-declare-this-the-summer-of-play%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959667548%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2DtNUYoFoJuA3PFT23YFH-&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959684023&usg=AOvVaw3TTvdqT9hT6SBaDw4pC9-m) East of East collection (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/east-of-east/9781978805484%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959667824%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0xCXzWaopMiBytDon5ucGZ&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959684116&usg=AOvVaw2Sgz0whXa6spKw57OAlejm) Caribbean Fragoza (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://carribeanfragoza.com/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959668100%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw3d6LaHwh_X2wKj4qYaqni5&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959684205&usg=AOvVaw1CK5WepeYjIU8vi8fK7LOw) Outtake: The work of Carolina Miranda’s husband, painter El Celso (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.elcelso.com/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959668346%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2Cc_l1RnXzkPpCTu8TOvma&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959684296&usg=AOvVaw26gVqEuX0h8tI2NZ1Rq5pV) is discussed. Instagram: @elcels0 (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.instagram.com/elcels0/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657155959668505%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0uAOJQAFOWlshPfODl77_e&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657155959684380&usg=AOvVaw2HTCF5SXFDSvMY2bRcZzsD) Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com/ (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://www.still-room.com/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1657156264334893%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw05neulOmOIXZJhy9LZE5nG&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1657156264355285&usg=AOvVaw2OUPlBCMZr8hHKre2aUwBX)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen, Jayna Zweiman Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne Predock This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES

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    29 Jun 2022

    TRAILER : FIVE PLACES L.A.

    Interviewees featured in the trailer, in order of appearance: CAROLINA A. MIRANDA, journalist, LA Times (https://www.latimes.com/people/carolina-a-miranda) |  instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cmonstah/)  twitter (https://twitter.com/cmonstah) FRANCES ANDERTON, journalist, author, radio host (http://francesanderton.com/) | instagram  (https://www.instagram.com/dna_designandarchitecture/)  twitter (https://twitter.com/FrancesAnderton) ANTONIO X. PACHECO, writer, editor, historian | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/_p_antonio/)  twitter (https://twitter.com/_p_antonio) SOURIS HONG, author, co-founder Creative Cabal (https://creativecabal.com/) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/souris/)  twitter (https://twitter.com/souris) LIZZIE ARMANTO, professional skateboarder (https://www.vans.com/en-us/team/skate/lizzie-armanto) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lizziearmanto/) NATASHA CASE, founder and CEO, Coolhaus (https://cool.haus/) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/natashajcase/) LISA TEASLEY, artist, author (https://www.lisateasley.com/) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lisateas/) twitter (https://twitter.com/thelisateasley) RON ATHEY, performance artist (https://www.ronathey.org/) | instagram  (https://www.instagram.com/ronathey_4/)  twitter (https://twitter.com/Ron_Athey_2) J. YOLANDE DANIELS, architect, historian (https://act.mit.edu/about/people/j-yolande-daniels%E2%80%8B/) | instagram  (https://www.instagram.com/yolande_daniels/) JAYNA ZWEIMAN, artist, activist, Pussyhat (https://www.pussyhatproject.com/), Welcome Blanket (https://www.welcomeblanket.org/) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jaynazweiman/)   twitter   (https://twitter.com/jaynajayna) LAUREN DANDRIDGE GAINES, educator, co-founder Chromatic (https://www.wearechromatic.com/) | instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lauren_dandridge/) CREDITS: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com/ (http://www.still-room.com/)) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadupabee (https://www.instagram.com/supadoopabee/) on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com (https://www.pond5.com/) Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design (http://laforum.org/) Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Anali Gharakhani, Quynh Nguyen, Jayna Zweiman Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier Special thanks to: Nina Briggs, Anne Predock This podcast was recorded on Chumash, Kizh, Tongva and Micqanaqa’n land. © 2022 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES L.A.

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