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The new LACMA is a big deal for Los Angeles. The Wilshire subway is even bigger
A conversation with India Mandelkern about her new book on the D Line extension and the “chronic civic illness” of L.A. NIMBYism; plus: a Lamster Pulitzer and the latest architects to reimagine the Met
Christopher Hawthorne
May 08, 2026
Wilshire La Cienega Crossover (2024). Photograph by Ken Karagozian
In true Los Angeles fashion, two of the most momentous developments in the city’s recent history came thisclose to lining up perfectly on the civic calendar—but couldn’t quite manage it in the end.
Peter Zumthor’s $724 million David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opened on April 19. Today brings the debut of three new stops along the D Line, the L.A. subway route beneath Wilshire Boulevard, part of a $9.7 billion westward extension of that line that by the end of next year will connect downtown and the Westwood district, near UCLA, by rail.
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