Tag / Doug Suisman
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Tar on the Boulevard: Mr. Hancock’s Ranch and the Future of the La Brea Tar Pits
Join Doug Suisman at the Page Museum this Thursday for an evening lecture as he looks at the La Brea Tar Pits in the context of Los Angeles’s urban history and the development of its boulevards, especially Wilshire. He’ll trace the development of the La Brea Tar Pits from tar pools to private rancho to…
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LAist: “21 of our favorite events in Los Angeles this week”
Looking for something to do this week? LAist includes Doug Suisman’s lecture this Thursday evening at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits on their list of “21 Of Our Favorite Events In Los Angeles This Week.” LAist
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Doug Suisman at Hartford’s Creative Cities Conversation
The iQuilt Partnership hosted its second Creative Cities Conversation, featuring Leslie Koch, President and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island and Doug Suisman who led the conversation.
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USC Annenberg’s Josh Kun Praises Los Angeles Boulevard:
“Doug Suisman’s Los Angeles Boulevard is making me look at the city in totally new ways…there are revelations at every turn, and the writing is as powerful and poetic as anything I’ve come across in awhile.” See the full commentary below by Josh Kun, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, USC Annenberg School of…
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Los Angeles Boulevard on KPCC’s “Take Two”
Los Angeles Boulevard is discussed on KPCC’s “Take Two” by book critic and founder of lending library Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, David Kipen. “Shamefully — monomaniac about Los Angeles that I am — I did not know this book existed until Christopher Hawthorne, the architecture critic for the LA Times, started championing it. Suisman is a…
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Pali High Beautification Underway
The first of a series of projects that are part of Pali High’s beautification effort was recently completed. Sue Pascone, newsletter editor of the Post 283 News writes about the origin of the project and the effort to realize future phases. Take a look at the article here. PaliHi Beautification Underway – Post 283 News
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Pali High California Garden
The first in a series of gardens for Palisades Charter High School is underway! SLIDESHOW
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Los Angeles Boulevard – Published at last!
PUBLISHED AT LAST! We’re delighted to announce that LA Boulevard is now available! Visit your local bookstore, or visit one of the links below. [break] [break] THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’S CHRISTOPHER HAWTHORNE CALLS DOUG SUISMAN’S BOOK ON THE BOULEVARDS “THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKE ON THIS GIGANTIC SUBJECT.”…
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Fossil Gumbo on Curbed LA
Curbed LA goes inside the newly reopened excavations at the La Brea Tar Pits. Read what Adrian Glick Kudler has to say about the opening: Curbed LA
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Colin Marshall interviews Doug Suisman on boulevards
BOULEVARDS PODCAST: Colin Marshall interviews Doug Suisman about Los Angeles, the boulevards, city form, and the upcoming reissue of “Los Angeles Boulevard”