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The long-awaited Alamo Drafthouse theater boasts free video rentals and "serious discounts" during opening weeks. Timeout magazine reports...
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(Forbes) The Standard, London is the international debut and sixth property of an American hotel brand that has long been admired for the innovative approach and creative flare with every hotel it has opened. The group's first hotel, The Standard, Hollywood, opened twenty years ago on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and since then four others have launched in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.The London hotel, the first property outside of the United States, will be followed, over the next five years, with more international openings in the Maldives, Milan, Paris, Lisbon, Bordeaux, Mexico City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Ko Samui and Phuket.The latest property is conveniently located in the lively Kings Cross area with Eurostar and St Pancras train station across the road and the shops and cafes of Coal Drops Yard and Granary Square just a short stroll away.
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(Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles is famous for outlandish architecture.But many were unprepared for what architect Cesar Pelli had in mind for a swath of land at the corner of Melrose Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood that once housed a Pacific Electric railway facility.In 1975, the first building of the Pacific Design Center opened, altering the landscape and beginning decades of debate about whether the interior design and arts complex is an architectural gem or eyesore.In 1975, the first building of the Pacific Design Center opened, altering the landscape and beginning decades of debate about whether the interior design and arts complex is an architectural gem or eyesore. Continue reading at the Los Angeles Times
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Via NBC LA:
Los Angeles County health officials have confirmed another case of measles in a local resident, the 15th of the year in the county, but said there is no known risk of the person exposing anyone else.The latest patient is linked to four other cases that were reported earlier this month, creating a "five-case outbreak involving a close social group," county Department of Public Health officials said Friday.In addition to the 15 measles cases in Los Angeles County residents, there have been eight non-resident cases involving people who traveled through the county. Continue reading at NBC Los Angeles
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Pelli designed notable buildings all over the US and internationally, including Carnegie Hall and the Garibaldi Tower
(Washington Post) César Pelli, an eclectic force in modernist architecture who crafted bold landmarks such as the crayon-bright Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif., and the Petronas Towers, a twin-spire skyscraper in Malaysia that was briefly the world’s tallest structure, died July 19 at his home in New Haven, Conn. He was 92.