Tag: affordable housing

Dingbat 2.0 takes up the subject of new LA earthquake retrofitting law

July 26, 2016

2. MicroparcelizationDingbat apartments, with their famously vulnerable “soft story,” are at the heart of the new Los Angeles earthquake retrofitting law. Read the LA Times article for an in depth look at this city-wide issue.

KCET’s Artbound considers dingbats and housing in L.A.

June 21, 2016

Almost every Angelino has a dingbat story. It might be a tale of love and loss in a sixties-era apartment complex or a joke about a friend who lived in stucco box in West L.A. with “stoner” scrawled across the facade in fancy script….