Despite being amongst the first to offer a preview of World Without a Car, the amazing car-free photography exhibit by Diane Meyer in Santa Monica, I've somewhat fallen down on the job of promoting the events that go with the exhibition. Well, I can correct that at least for one day. Below is an email from Meyer touting tonight's panel discussion:
Cees
Nooteboom once wrote of LA, “In a city with streets longer than fifty
kilometers, the measure of one foot is absurd, and so is the use of
one’s feet as a means of transportation.” Taking it’s name from the
Missing Person’s song which claims that ‘Nobody Walks in LA,’ this
panel discussion will explore the social, spatial, and psychological
aspects of walking in Los Angeles.
With:
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Professor and Department Chair, UCLA Department of Urban Planning
Herbert Medina, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Loyola Marymount University
Nigel Raab, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Loyola Marymount University,
DJ Waldie, author Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir and Where we Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, Public Information Office, City of Lakewood
Damon Willick, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Loyola Marymount University
Where:
18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica
When:
Wednesday, November 11, 7pm
For more info:
