Dec 18 2024
Few buildings capture the optimism of the Jet Age as perfectly as the Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport. With enormous white arches sweeping over a circular glass structure, it looks like a flying saucer has landed in the middle of LAX—or perhaps like a spaceport designed for a future that people in 1961 …
Jun 19 2024
Drive through the older neighborhoods of Los Angeles and eventually you are likely to see one: a low, boxy apartment building hovering above an open row of carports, perhaps decorated with a starburst, mosaic panel, geometric screen, or a name written in swooping script. It might be called the Polynesian, the Capri, the Flamingo, the …
