2024-11-23T06:19:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149970065/michael-maltzan-envisions-the-future-of-la-s-infrastructure Julia Ingalls 2016-10-18T12:18:00-04:00 >2020-01-08T20:33:41-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jg/jgq850aroyn9vzt9.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Los Angeles is defined by its freeways: everyone from Joan Didion to <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/30134649/ice-cube-celebrates-the-eames" target="_blank">Ice Cube</a> to "Saturday Night Live" has conceptualized the city through them. So why is such an integral part of the city&rsquo;s urban fabric left largely to stagnate in the collective architectural imagination?</p>