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Latino Urbanism: a primer

By Christopher Hawthorne
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Found this morning on Planetizen: a smart, efficient introduction to James Rojas and Latino Urbanism, a field that remains tremendously underexposed -- particularly in Los Angeles, where its influence can be felt in nearly every neighborhood.

-- Christopher Hawthorne

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Christopher Hawthorne

Christopher Hawthorne was the architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to March 2018. Before coming to The Times, he was architecture critic for Slate and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. He is the author, with Alanna Stang, of “The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture.” Hawthorne grew up in Berkeley and has a bachelor’s degree from Yale, where he readied himself for a career in criticism by obsessing over the design flaws in his dormitory, designed by Eero Saarinen.

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