A weekly dispatch on architecture, design, and cities, from Christopher Hawthorne
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What to know about Nithya Raman
L.A.’s mayor-elect, set to take office in just 38 days, is an urban planner with a degree from MIT. Boosted by charter reform, she’ll join Zohran Mamdani in testing the limits of a left-YIMBY alliance. “I’m a planner first and foremost, and a politician as a means to an end”
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What to know about Nithya Raman
L.A.’s mayor-elect, set to take office in just 38 days, is an urban planner with a degree from MIT. Boosted by charter reform, she’ll join Zohran Mamdani in testing the limits of a left-YIMBY alliance. “I’m a planner first and foremost, and a politician as a means to an end”
“We don’t talk about money in architecture school”
A conversation with Sekou Cooke about “Black Architect,” his new book of interviews. Plus, Google’s remake of the Thompson Center; thoughts from readers (who also happen to be writers) on Sea Ranch and Ground Zero; NYT fall preview; and more
