Michael Maltzan’s Inner-City Arts project wins excellence award

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The Inner-City Arts project in downtown L.A. has received a top award in urban planning and architecture. The Rudy Bruner Foundation has chosen the arts education center from 87 applicants for its Gold Medal Award for Urban Excellence. The center was founded in 1989 and was designed by architect Michael Maltzan.
ICA, which sits on a [...]

Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: ‘We made history together’

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/06/quincy-jones-on-michael-jackson-we-owned-the-80s-and-our-souls-would-be-connected-forever.html

Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had suddenly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down cultural boundaries around the world, yet remained the gentlest of souls.
Michael Jackson was a different kind of [...]