Archinect - News2024-05-11T21:47:56-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150276460/controversial-d-w-griffith-inspired-white-elephants-removed-as-part-of-major-hollywood-highland-makeover
Controversial D.W. Griffith-inspired white elephants removed as part of major Hollywood & Highland makeover Josh Niland2021-08-04T13:55:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/29c5cbdf19f2fa93861c7202942513b2.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Two white elephants, a connection to the early days of filmmaking at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, have finally been removed by the city as part of a timely $100 million makeover that began earlier this year.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/hollywood-highland-removing-elephant-statues-dw-griffith-1235032218/" target="_blank">Variety</a> </em>is reporting that <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190805005460/en/Gaw-Capital-and-DJM-Acquire-Hollywood-Highland" target="_blank">new owners</a> of the center have decided to remove the statues this week over their explicit connections to one of the more notorious figures of Old Hollywood’s racist past. </p>
<p>The elephant sculptures were originally meant as a tribute to the set design for D.W. Griffith’s 1916 film <em>Intolerance</em>, which was meant as a rebuttal to criticism of his earlier film <em>The Birth of a Nation</em>. A large arch with Babylonian-themed reliefs will be given an art deco upgrade while a fiberglass daybed sculpture by the artist Erika Rothenberg will also be permanently removed after being <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-hollywood-highland-sculpture-censored-20171014-htmlstory.html" target="_blank">taken down in 2017</a> in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. </p>
<p><a href="https://archinect.com/gensler" target="_blank">Gensler</a> is leading the redevelopment aimed at transitioning the center from a tourist-laden shopping district t...</p>
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A look at the must-see structures of Burning Man 2019 Katherine Guimapang2019-08-29T20:55:00-04:00>2019-08-30T14:08:05-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e9762d805d977f34d05c1354b26e43aa.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Images from this year's Burning Man have emerged! </p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/20321/burning-man" target="_blank">Burning Man</a> official website, "Burning Man is not a festival! It's a city wherein almost everything that happens is created entirely by its citizens, who are active participants in the experience." </p>
<p>Whether you plan on experiencing the festival for yourself, or just here for the eye candy, see below for some of the most notable sculptures and installation pieces from Burning Man 2019.</p>
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