Archinect - News 2024-11-14T22:14:48-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/53239544/how-thomas-jefferson-made-l-a How Thomas Jefferson Made L.A. Orhan Ayyüce 2012-07-09T15:48:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cj/cj6apiwukwi1a5zn.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Another bigger picture repercussion of the Act is the cognitive and cartographic dissonance that occurs in Los Angeles where the Jeffersonian city grid abuts a pre-existing Spanish or French grid.</p></em><br /><br /><p> KCET's Jeremy Rosenberg continues his column <em>Departures</em> with a running theme "Laws That Shaped LA" with Rhett Beavers, ASLA, who elaborates on the conjunction of several grid types as they have influenced the way Los Angeles constructed and experienced.</p>