It's not clear where or when this wooden slat revival started exactly, but it was roughly a decade or so ago and has been creeping through Los Angeles like kudzu ever since. In decades to come, it'll be a signifier for the exhaustive pace at which the city has changed in the past 5 to 10 years—for better or worse. And even though it can be spotted throughout the greater L.A. area or other markets entirely, architectural designer Marc Cucco finds the slat to be "specific to Eastside L.A." — laist.com
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the 'dwell' fence.
welcome to echo parque the white hipsters barrio.
Flipper Style is here to stay. IKEA Burbank is building a superstore. Dwell's legacy..
When you start seeing corten steel planters with rows of barrel cactus you will know that gentrification is complete.
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