1.0ACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tcx6ejgrXl"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-making-of-modern-los-angeles/">The Making of Modern Los Angeles</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-making-of-modern-los-angeles/embed/#?secret=tcx6ejgrXl" width="600" height="338" title="“The Making of Modern Los Angeles” — ACC Art Books UK" data-secret="tcx6ejgrXl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! 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Nick’s chronicle of the modernisation of Los Angeles was 15 years in the making. Besides his firsthand account of decisions the boards he served on made, he draws from public documents, news reports, and interviews with dozens of key players — elected officials, bureaucrats, corporate executives, developers, architects, engineers, and academics.FOREWORD by Dan Rosenfeld 9 PROLOGUE 10 CHAPTER ONE | THE BOY FROM ATHENS 13 CHAPTER TWO | LOS ANGELES’ MODERN POLITICAL AND CIVIC ODYSSEY 28 CHAPTER THREE | TRANSPORTATION 90 Funding of the Metro Rail 90 MTA Headquarters and Transit Center 109 Southern California Rapid Transit District 128 Universal City Metro Station 139 MTA and MCA Deal: Compromise or Public Betrayal? 140 The Demise of the East LA Subway 144 Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics 148 RTD/MTA Transit Police 153 The Sumitomo Debacle 157 John Dyer 160 CHAPTER FOUR | THE CHALLENGES WE FACE 162 Clean Energy 162 Water 170 CHAPTER FIVE | ARCHITECTURE 185 CHAPTER SIX | HOMELESSNESS 206 CHAPTER SEVEN | PROMOTING THE ARTS 228 CHAPTER EIGHT | THE EDGY NARRATIVE BEHIND THE STORY 253 Oil Drilling at Pacific Palisades 253 Northridge Earthquake 261 East LA Prison Controversy 270 The War Against Smog 275 Los Angeles International Airport 284 Private and Service Clubs 289 CHAPTER NINE | DINING OUT IN LOS ANGELES 299 CHAPTER TEN | OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC PROJECTS AND AGENCIES 318 The $1.6 Billion White Elephant (I-405 widening) 318 Ribbon of Light (6th Street Viaduct) 324 A Bridge Home 329 The LAPD Administration Building 332 LAC + USC Medical Center 338 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 339 Lessons Learned 347 Ratepayer Advocate 350 Board of Zoning Appeals 351 CHAPTER ELEVEN | PRESERVING LOS ANGELES HERITAGE 354 Los Angeles City Hall 354 Los Angeles Central Library 359 The Grand Central Market 369 Angels Flight 370 Ambassador Hotel: Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools 376 CHAPTER TWELVE | A NEW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 380 Bunker Hill 380 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 385 Civic Center 389 LA Live 395 La Plaza de Cultura y Artes 398 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) 401 State Office Facilities 406 Staples/Crypto.com Arena 409 Walt Disney Concert Hall 418 Metropolitan Water District Headquarters 430 One Santa Fe 433 James Wood 437 CHAPTER THIRTEEN | INITIATIVES THAT AFFECTED OUR LIVES 439 Transit Oriented Development 439 Linking schools to subway system 445 Greenways 447 Exposition (E) Line 457 Orange (G) Line 460 Benefit Assessment Districts 464 Rail Construction Corporation 467 Transit Industry Jobs Creation Initiative 470 Blue (A) Line alignment decisions 472 Measure R 474 Measure J 478 Measure M 478 Greenline (C) Connection to LAX 482 Los Angeles River 483 CHAPTER FOURTEEN | FINDING BEAUTY AND CREATING IT 495 Steel Cloud 495 Bridge Over 101 Freeway 502 Angels Walk 505 Universal Citywalk 517 CHAPTER FIFTEEN | ASPIRING FOR OFFICE 521 Los Angeles Mayor`s Race, 1993 521 Los Angeles Controller’s Race, 2009 525 CHAPTER SIXTEEN | ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL AND WORLD LEADERS 529 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | THE GREEK CONNECTION 542 Greek American Community 542 Los Angeles — Athens Sister City Affiliation 544 Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce 552 Television and Radio Endeavor 557 Hellenic American Political Action Committee 557 American Hellenic Council 557 Impressive Tactic in Greek Elections 558 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | OTHER 559 Prop. 187 559 Modest Investments 563 Reconfigure L.A. City Departments’ Roles and Responsibilities 568 EPILOGUE 574 TESTIMONIALS 576 INTERVIEWEES 578 ABBREVIATIONS 580 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 583 INDEX 584