Los Angeles Design Collective
Thursday, June 29, 2006
  Two Step
 
Monday, June 19, 2006
  Ceramic wonders
Shigeki Hayashi's latest
 
Monday, June 12, 2006
  Cell Phones
PingMag has an interesting analysis of East/West cellphones, including some of the latest models from Japan.
 
Saturday, June 10, 2006
  Wishing Made It So
Apparently dreams can come true. Famima is coming to Hollywood Blvd, bring much needed onigiri to our tinsel tarnished world.
 
Thursday, June 08, 2006
  Unfavorable Comparisons
"Hong Kong air quality worse than Los Angeles"

"HONG KONG (AFP) - Pollution in Hong Kong is worse than Los Angeles, the most polluted city in the United States, and claims around 2,000 lives a year.

Hong Kong could avoid more than 1,600 deaths and save 19 billion Hong Kong dollars (2.44 billion US) annually by substantially reducing pollution, the study conducted by three Hong Kong universities and local policy think-thank Civic Exchange said.

An estimated 2,000 deaths a year were attributable to pollution, with poor visibility dominating 45 percent of the year, it said Thursday.

"Air pollution in Hong Kong causes discomfort and illness in children and adults, increased health care utilisation at all levels of the health care system and premature deaths," the study said.

The report said air quality in the territory was worse than other world cities such as Auckland, Berlin, London, New York, Paris and Vancouver with particulate levels 40 percent higher than in Los Angeles, the most polluted city in the US."

Story excerpt.
 
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
  Hollywood Projects
It's always a bit jarring when you see what people actually have planned. Some images for the upcoming Hollywood projects. See anything innovative?
 


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Population, City of Los Angeles: 3,957,875 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: 1.13% (2005), Service Miles, MTA: 1,433, Bus Stops: 18,500, Total Monthly Boardings, MTA: 34,775,877 (June 2006), Regional Population: 9,937,739 (2005), Regional Homeless: 91,000 (2005), Licensed Taxis: 2300
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Population, City of Tokyo: 12,544,205 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: .7% (2005), Total Annual Boardings, East Japan Railways: 3,117,237 (2004), Estimated Homeless in Tokyo: 4000-5000 Further information (available in Excel format!)

Population, City of New York: 8,008,278 (2002), Annual Growth Rate: . % (2005), Service Miles, MTA: 1,871, Annual Ridership: 740 million, Subway stations: 468, Annual Ridership, Subway: 1.4 billion, Licensed Taxis: 12,778, Regional Population: 11,685,650 (2001), Regional Homeless: 48,155 (2005), New York City Shelters: 31,961

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Action Point: California High Speed Rail - Mass transit and decreasing the dependence on oil are key to our future, not to mention Japan, France, and now China mocks us from their own...

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