Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Art

Metropolis II and the Enduring Delusions of Car-Centric Cities

By Mark Vallianatos | Jan 13, 2012 | 7 Comments

Metropolis II, a kinetic sculpture of a futuristic city by artist Chris Burden that will soon start operating for view by the public, raises some interesting questions about the role of cars in cities. I saw the sculpture, with its elevated roads wrapping around skyscrapers and other structure, sitting still when I visited the museum […]

New Ordinance Seeks to Re-Define, Broadly Allow, New Art Murals

By Damien Newton | Dec 8, 2011 | 6 Comments

Yesterday, KCET announced a new draft ordinane that would finally clarify the legal status of murals painted on private property. In an odd twist, the capital of the street art movement classifies murals as “outdoor advertising” and bans them in all but the most special cases. This leads to odd stories such as the poor […]

Out the Window Is Back on the Bus with New Films for the Fall

By Damien Newton | Oct 5, 2011 | 1 Comment

Fantasmas de Los Angeles by Patrick Miller from Out the Window on Vimeo. “Out the Window” is back on the bus. Until the end of November, Transit TV is donating two minutes of every hour to Freewaves’ Out the Window series featuring local film makers and artists short videos about what they love about Los Angeles. “The […]

Art Walk Safety About More Than Food Trucks and Closed Streets

By Damien Newton | Aug 10, 2011 | 16 Comments

Last month, tragedy struck during the monthly Art Walk in Downtown Los Angeles when a dangerous driver jumped a curb, crashed into a parking meter and killed a seven week old infant. The tragedy shocked not just the Downtown and Art Walk communities, but the entire city. Advocates pointed out that when you have a […]

Update: Ballona Creek Statues Down for Now, But Stay Tuned…

By Streetsblog | Jul 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

Back in February, we wrote about the battle to save hundreds of stone sculptures constructed by John Nielsen along the lower part of Ballona Creek in the Marina area. Yesterday, a reader asked what happened to the statues, so I wrote to Bobbi Gold of Ballona Creek Renaissance to see what happened. She writes: Ballona […]

Los Angeles Alleys in Books and Blogs

By Damien Newton | Jul 7, 2011 | 1 Comment

One of the quiet debates that I hear in Los Angeles is whether or not our city is ugly. Some argue that the design of our streets has taken the natural beauty of Los Angeles and made it ugly. While there is some truth in this, I find there are so many beautiful streets and […]

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