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“The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site”

March 11, 2024 Shane Reiner-Roth 0

Graffiti on the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers is a physical manifestation of increasing tensions over the wealth disparities that blight downtown Los Angeles, writes Shane Reiner-Roth. The battle of Oceanwide Plaza is a preview of the social and economic tensions that will increasingly take place across Los Angeles as it sprints towards the 2028 Summer

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“The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics” says commenter

February 28, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that have been covered in graffiti. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in January, sparking debate about the development that has been abandoned since 2019. “The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics” Commenters were largely

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Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti

February 23, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

A trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles have been covered with graffiti, sparking debate about the development, which has been abandoned since 2019. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in late January, scaling the buildings’ unfinished exteriors to mark them with spray-painted names and phrases in a variety of

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