Bridges and Walls: LA River, Part 1
KCRW Radio – Design and Architecture.
This 2-part series examines how a river without a clear path became a 51-mile concrete flood channel, and how artists and designers have responded to the ugly-beautiful gash dividing the Southland.
In Part 1, broadcast, architects, engineers, activists, scholars, residents and artists (Judy Baca, Saber, Harry Gamboa, Jr, Michael Maltzan, Zoltan Pali, Frank Gehry, Andrew Bird, Jon Christensen, Kat Superfisky and Deborah Weintraub) talk about new and old bridges, the history of the LA River and how it became an inspiration to artists and designers.
Bridges and Walls: LA River, Part 2
KCRW Radio – Design and Architecture.
This 2-part series examines how a river without a clear path became a 51-mile concrete flood channel, and how artists and designers have responded to the ugly-beautiful gash dividing the Southland.
In LA River, Part 2, DnA joins landscape urbanist Mia Lehrer and urban ecologist Kat Superfisky of Studio-MLA for a tour of the G2 parcel, a disused railyard that will be turned into a park alongside the Rio de Los Angeles State Park and the Bowtie Parcel, all parcels of the former Taylor Yard.