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Sam ’s five places

1. Bahooka and Rufus the fish. Bahooka closing, and video tour. Rufus the Pacu fish eating a carrot. 
2. Carousel restaurant and Sam’s New York Times piece about amazing food in strip malls.
3. Elysian Park, Griffith Park, and the LA Police Academy Garden
4. The Bonaventure Hotel
5. The Magic Castle

Also Mentioned in this episode

“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

Watts Towers

Farnam House Santa Monica

Slab City and Salvation Mountain near Salton Sea

Hollywood vibe restaurants: Musso & Frank, Clifton’s, The Dresden

Los Angeles City Hall

The Broad Museum

Also see: “Elizabeth Diller’s designs on the Broad draw from architect’s avant-garde eye” by Episode One guest, LA Times Art & Architecture writer Carolina Miranda

Walt Disney Concert Hall and Frank Gehry on the Architecture of LA's Disney Concert Hall

Guggenheim Bilbao

Centre Pompidou, and the Kandisky Library

Sixth Street Viaduct

Sam Lubell’s LA Times piece about SoFi stadium. Episode One guest Carolina Miranda wrote about SoFi Stadium’s 5 best places and also about the stadium’s lack of representation of Black artists. 

The LACMA debate covered by the LA Times

Books authored by Sam Lubell

Credits:

Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com)

Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee on Instagram)

Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com

Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design

Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Quynh Nguyen

Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier

This podcast was recorded on unceded Chumash and Tongva land.

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