LA EXAMINES ITS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY WITH GETTY’S “OVERDRIVE: L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE 1940-1990”
By Eveline Morel | October 7th, 2013 | Category: L.A. Art & Culture | Comments Off on LA EXAMINES ITS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY WITH GETTY’S “OVERDRIVE: L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE 1940-1990”
The recent “rear-view mirror” look at Los Angeles’s urban development proposed by the Getty Research Institute explores its architectural legacy, as it attempts to reframe the public’s perception of Los Angeles as a model of urban chaos, espousing instead that the city’s development was the result of a planned and deliberate endeavor to deal with the extraordinary pace of economic and population growth.
