Under Spring
Winner of the 2013 California Historical Society Book Award
The winner of the first CHS Book Award reimagines what a history book can be, and it tells a story all California needs to hear in order to understand itself. Beneath Los Angeles�s North Spring Street bridge, a deteriorated concrete landscape was used for years as a homeless encampment and a buffer zone between gang territories. Between 2006 and 2013, artist Lauren Bon and her Metabolic Studio team transformed the underpass into a vibrantly creative space that served as a public square, ceremonial ground, art gallery, community garden, and musical instrument. Under Spring explores the unlikely history of this underpass, revealing the past of Los Angeles itself.
Sixty-six people from all walks of life�artists, scholars, laborers, graffiti artists, urban planners, activists, gang members�chronicle the underpass�s many metamorphoses, and in doing so construct an energized account of change and development in LA. We come to understand how agriculture and transportation have shaped the city�s growth; how abandoned places serve as refuges for people excluded from society; and how civic pride can arise from a city�s blighted core. Under Spring offers a new look at the story of Los Angeles and a new way of telling the story.
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The winner of the first CHS Book Award reimagines what a history book can be, and it tells a story all California needs to hear in order to understand itself. Beneath Los Angeles�s North Spring Street bridge, a deteriorated concrete landscape was used for years as a homeless encampment and a buffer zone between gang territories. Between 2006 and 2013, artist Lauren Bon and her Metabolic Studio team transformed the underpass into a vibrantly creative space that served as a public square, ceremonial ground, art gallery, community garden, and musical instrument. Under Spring explores the unlikely history of this underpass, revealing the past of Los Angeles itself.
Sixty-six people from all walks of life�artists, scholars, laborers, graffiti artists, urban planners, activists, gang members�chronicle the underpass�s many metamorphoses, and in doing so construct an energized account of change and development in LA. We come to understand how agriculture and transportation have shaped the city�s growth; how abandoned places serve as refuges for people excluded from society; and how civic pride can arise from a city�s blighted core. Under Spring offers a new look at the story of Los Angeles and a new way of telling the story.
Under Spring
Winner of the 2013 California Historical Society Book Award
The winner of the first CHS Book Award reimagines what a history book can be, and it tells a story all California needs to hear in order to understand itself. Beneath Los Angeles�s North Spring Street bridge, a deteriorated concrete landscape was used for years as a homeless encampment and a buffer zone between gang territories. Between 2006 and 2013, artist Lauren Bon and her Metabolic Studio team transformed the underpass into a vibrantly creative space that served as a public square, ceremonial ground, art gallery, community garden, and musical instrument. Under Spring explores the unlikely history of this underpass, revealing the past of Los Angeles itself.
Sixty-six people from all walks of life�artists, scholars, laborers, graffiti artists, urban planners, activists, gang members�chronicle the underpass�s many metamorphoses, and in doing so construct an energized account of change and development in LA. We come to understand how agriculture and transportation have shaped the city�s growth; how abandoned places serve as refuges for people excluded from society; and how civic pride can arise from a city�s blighted core. Under Spring offers a new look at the story of Los Angeles and a new way of telling the story.
The winner of the first CHS Book Award reimagines what a history book can be, and it tells a story all California needs to hear in order to understand itself. Beneath Los Angeles�s North Spring Street bridge, a deteriorated concrete landscape was used for years as a homeless encampment and a buffer zone between gang territories. Between 2006 and 2013, artist Lauren Bon and her Metabolic Studio team transformed the underpass into a vibrantly creative space that served as a public square, ceremonial ground, art gallery, community garden, and musical instrument. Under Spring explores the unlikely history of this underpass, revealing the past of Los Angeles itself.
Sixty-six people from all walks of life�artists, scholars, laborers, graffiti artists, urban planners, activists, gang members�chronicle the underpass�s many metamorphoses, and in doing so construct an energized account of change and development in LA. We come to understand how agriculture and transportation have shaped the city�s growth; how abandoned places serve as refuges for people excluded from society; and how civic pride can arise from a city�s blighted core. Under Spring offers a new look at the story of Los Angeles and a new way of telling the story.
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BN ID: | 2940150500112 |
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Publisher: | Heyday |
Publication date: | 11/05/2014 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 144 |
File size: | 10 MB |
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