In this week’s episode of then & now, David Myers moderates a panel discussion from the recent Urban History Association meeting in Los Angeles. The panel discussed two important questions: What is distinctive about Los Angeles as an urban experience and experiment? And what does L.A. tell us or teach us about urban life at this critical moment in U.S. history? Panelists included a mix of distinguished experts and commentators: historian Becky Nicolaides, L.A. Times journalist Gusta...
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In this week’s episode of then & now, David Myers moderates a panel discussion from the recent Urban History Association meeting in Los Angeles. The panel discussed two important questions: What is distinctive about Los Angeles as an urban experience and experiment? And what does L.A. tell us or teach us about urban life at this critical moment in U.S. history? Panelists included a mix of distinguished experts and commentators: historian Becky Nicolaides, L.A. Times journalist Gusta...
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Then & Now
In this week’s episode of then & now, David Myers moderates a panel discussion from the recent Urban History Association meeting in Los Angeles. The panel discussed two important questions: What is distinctive about Los Angeles as an urban experience and experiment? And what does L.A. tell us or teach us about urban life at this critical moment in U.S. history? Panelists included a mix of distinguished experts and commentators: historian Becky Nicolaides, L.A. Times journalist Gusta...
