The Hollywood Coalition of Neighborhood Councils is hosting a Town Hall on Thursday night to address "Parking, Planning and Transportation." In an effort to entice attendees, the Coalition promises "plenty of free parking," thereby demonstrating a commitment to an old, tired paradigm of transportation that will continue to result in the gridlock, congestion and frustration the Coalition purports to address in the Town Hall. The Coalition is missing a big opportunity to encourage the community......

Abandon hope of understanding space and time, all ye who enter the Bonaventure Hotel. Creating a strong sense of directional orientation for the building’s users and tie to context? Who needs it! Architects of this um, distinctive structure flouted so many axioms of good design it’s just funny. Because the Bonaventure was conceived of during a time and place when superblock scale planning still reigned supreme and downtown was something to protect people from,......