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LOS ANGELES - The temporary transformation of Fickett Street in Boyle Heights began with yellow shades resembling huge kites suspended over the sun-scorched asphalt. Soon, a thoroughfare known for its speeding vehicles and gang activity became something else entirely - a "play street" in which women gathered for Lotería, or Mexican bingo, and kids fashioned seesaws out of giant snap-together plastic shapes in colors inspired by local Mexican-American murals.

Los Angeles Tests the Power of 'Play...

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Updated 2 months ago

It's been two and a half years since the financial crisis crippled the global economy. During the long slump that's followed, the architecture, design, and construction sectors have threatened to hit bottom over and over, but a real recovery, which would signal a final flattening out, never seems to materialize.

The Interventionist's Toolkit: DIY...

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Updated 2 months ago

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Updated 3 months ago

Sometimes you have to take matters into your own unartistic hands. It seems someone who wanted a bike lane running across the Congress Street bridge, which connects the Fort Point neighborhood to the Financial District, couldn't be bothered with asking for the city's help. So they did it of their own accord.

Someone wanted a bike lane on the...

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Updated 6 months ago

Tactical urbanism projects are prompting cities to improve the bike-riding environment. There's been something in the air this spring. Can you smell it? Two of 2017's three cheekiest guerrilla bike lanes have now been made permanent.

An Idea That Sticks: Another...

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Updated a year ago

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