D.J. Waldie

KCET

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D.J. Waldie is a writer and commentator on Los Angeles, and a historian emeritus, for the City of Lakewood, California. An essayist, poet and historian of Los Angeles County, Waldie is the author of several books including Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, Where We Are: Notes from Los Angeles and California Romantica: Spanish Colonial and Mission-Style Houses. He is a former blogs for public television station KCET.

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Lessons for affordable housing from the modern dome tent

Since its founding LA has been selling lifestyle and better living.

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In the boom years of the last century, Los Angeles developed homes that were specific to the region, the culture and the economy.

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In the boom years of the last century, Los Angeles developed homes that were specific to the region, the culture and the economy.

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DnA is currently exploring the theme of “This is Home in LA: From the Tent to the Gigamansion (and everything in between).”

Lakewood, a "Paradise of the Ordinary"

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