Category: how-la-works - CityThink - Los Angeles magazine

Lights, Camera, Traction!

Posted on 5/9/2013 8:05:00 AM by Katharine Gammon

Take a journey inside a luxurious mobile abode. Read More

Spin Cycle

Posted on 3/6/2013 10:03:00 AM by Katharine Gammon

The roughly 3,000 turbines that line the San Gorgonio Pass like giant pinwheels on the road to Palm Springs generate electricity throughout the state. The answer to our energy problem may be blowing in the wind. Read More

Light My Flier

Posted on 2/13/2013 10:55:00 AM by Marielle Wakim

The LAX Gateway Pylon Project (officially titled Untitled) is the largest permanent art installation in the world. Created by multimedia artist Paul Tzanetopoulos (and the architectural firm of Ted Tokio Tanaka) for $15 million, the glass towers have cast a glow since 2000. Here’s a guide to what makes them shine. Read More

Green Piece

Posted on 1/4/2013 9:13:00 AM by Livia Soong

Though Los Angeles has an abundance of large, mountainous areas, our neighborhood park spaces are scarce. The city council recently approved a pilot program to convert underutilized concrete. Here’s El Sereno Street Plaza, the first of four spots. Read More

Magnum Opus

Posted on 12/14/2012 8:16:00 AM by Shayna Rose Arnold

How Walt Disney Concert Hall's Opus 24--a $3 million, 40-ton, multi-pipe instrument used to pump out everything from chorales to Christmas carols--works. Read More