On a concrete freeway onramp just before Sandy Boulevard, black-and-red letters spelling out “TOASTED” stand boldly over a patch of new tan paint. A few yards away on one of the highway’s barriers, a ...
The SAFE Alliance encourages anyone who is a survivor of sexual violence to seek help. You can call their 24-hour hotline at 512-267-SAFE (7233), text 737-888-7233, or call the National Sexual Assault ...
Construction of Oceanwide Plaza in downtown Los Angeles stalled in 2019 after the China-based developer ran out of funding. Mario Tama/Getty Images The three qualities that matter most in real estate ...
Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to the ...
Last spring, when coronavirus lockdown restrictions were first lifted, Jamie Bedard painted a mural on an exterior brick wall of Asiana House, a restaurant on the corner of Pearl Street and South ...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is spending more than $240 million rebuilding Interstate 35W and beautifying the corridor just south of downtown Minneapolis, but the agency's efforts are ...
One of the more disheartening aspects of Brent’s and my recent visit back to our former hometown of Seattle, Washington, was discovering an epidemic of graffiti across the city. I wasn’t a fan.
Some acquaintances from Ireland were in town, and we were having lunch in their 20th-floor downtown hotel suite. I was being an armchair tour guide — out the windows, there’s L.A. Live, and back ...
The graffiti problem along Seattle’s Interstate 5 (I-5) corridor is getting worse, and it’s hard to miss. Monday morning, after spending a week away over Thanksgiving break, I drove through Seattle ...
"I see new graffiti I'd say probably on a weekly basis downtown," Buchroeder President Mills Menser said. The graffiti is appearing on the sides of buildings, in the alleyways, and even on signs. "Me ...
The SAFE Alliance encourages anyone who is a survivor of sexual violence to seek help. You can call their 24-hour hotline at 512-267-SAFE (7233), text 737-888-7233, or call the National Sexual Assault ...