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Can Bilbao’s Guggenheim provide a model of art-led levelling up?
2 years, 2 months ago

Can Bilbao’s Guggenheim provide a model of art-led levelling up?

The Independent  

Outside Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, beside the Río Nervión, stand two sculptures by Eduardo Chillida, the Basque Country’s greatest modern artist, which symbolise the rejuvenation of this gutsy Spanish port. As the Guggenheim celebrates its silver jubilee, what can other cities learn from what’s become commonly known as the “Bilbao Effect”? “We have had more visitors than expected and that means …

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Op-Ed: How to make sure the L.A. River Master Plan fulfills its promise to the Gateway Cities
3 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: How to make sure the L.A. River Master Plan fulfills its promise to the Gateway Cities

LA Times  

The confluence of the Los Angeles River and Rio Hondo, where the river master plan needs to focus not just on parks and cultural centers but equitable redevelopment for the surrounding communities. An ambitious new Los Angeles River Master Plan, available for public comment until March 14, promises big changes all along the waterway’s 51 miles — nowhere more so …

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How Disney Hall has transformed a downtown L.A. neighborhood and the city beyond
5 years, 7 months ago

How Disney Hall has transformed a downtown L.A. neighborhood and the city beyond

LA Times  

For this Grand Avenue project, we invited Justin Davidson, the architecture critic for New York magazine, to cast his eye on the evolving cultural density of Grand Avenue. Sixteen years after Frank Gehry’s marvel opened — and 30 since Lillian Disney made the down payment — Disney Hall is still spinning off energy, and the neighborhood around it is still …

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Long-delayed Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles kicks off
5 years, 11 months ago

Long-delayed Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles kicks off

LA Times  

Architect Frank Gehry stands in front of a banner featuring a rendering of the Grand during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new development in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. Architect Frank Gehry, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and civic leaders held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday for the Grand, a long-delayed massive development on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Broad …

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