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Category Archives: History

A Tale of Two Cities

January 31, 2021by Alan Loomis 1 Comment

In late 2020, Kelsi Maree Borland talked with me about planning and development in Glendale and Santa Monica, the two cities where I worked between 2005 and 2020. My perspective from inside City Hall resulted in four short articles published with Globe St.

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Glendale, History, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Writings

Dingbat 2.0

April 30, 2016by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary on the LA Forum’s Dingbat 2.0 competition, written for the publication: Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

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Architecture, History, Housing, Los Angeles, Writings

Streetscapes

May 3, 2013by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Reflections on the Southern California Edison photography archive, published in “Form and Landscape,” The Huntington’s contribution to Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in LA.

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History, Los Angeles, Writings

The Once and Future Mall

March 4, 2004by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

The Farmers Market, The Grove and the future of the Shopping Mall | Published in the LA Forum 2004 Annual

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History, Los Angeles, Shopping, Writings

Parks and the LA River

September 19, 2000by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

A review of “Eden by Design: The 1930s Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region” and the 2000 LA Mayoral Debate at Occidential College

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Books, History, LA River, Los Angeles, Parks, Writings

Urban Utopias

June 15, 2000by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Fifty Years of New Town Ideology: A comparative analysis of three New Towns outside of Washington DC: Greenbelt, Reston, and Kentlands

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History, New Urbanism, Places, Writings

Locating Victor Gruen

April 1, 2000by Alan Loomis 1 Comment

On March 23, 1959 the Kalamazoo City Commission unanimously adopted an ordinance closing two blocks of Burdick Street from automobile traffic. In August of that year, Burdick Street was reopened […]

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History, Shopping, Writings

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Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Americana at Brand" written for the Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia, 2018. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "Victoria Gardens" written for the Congress for New Urbanism, 2005. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Once and Future Mall" written for the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, 2004. Link in Bio.

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