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The dedication ceremony honoring the extraordinary contributions of artist, filmmaker, mentor, and visionary Ben Caldwell took place Sunday, August 30, at 9:30 a.m.

Autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies are just one more landscape into which community stories can and should be woven. And rather than wait to have to adapt their complex realities to technology that was not made for them or with their needs in mind, artist Ben Caldwell tells me, there is a unique opportunity for communities of color to leave a significant mark.

Launched in 2014, the 20/20 Vision Initiative was born out of the desire of area stakeholders to harness both the change and the opportunities expected to accompany the 2020 opening of the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the new Leimert Park station.

On my way to a meeting of the Leimert Park Village stakeholders at the Vision Theater a few weeks ago, I poked my head into the art space known as the KAOS Network looking for founder and artist Ben Caldwell.

For those of you following our community coverage, "gentrification" is definitely the buzzword of the moment around these parts, it seems.

As I listened to speakers on the "Creative Industry Business Development, Tourism Markets, Branding, Marketing, Event Management, Business Alliances, and Program Partnerships" panel at the Leimert Park Design Charrette this past January, one question kept bothering me:

Gesturing towards the re-purposed pay phone prototype, KAOS Network founder Ben Caldwell said he looked at the Leimert Phone Company project as a way to exact "a handshake between 20th century objects and 21st century objects."

When is the last time you used a public payphone?

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