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FOSTERING VITAL PLACES:
PUBLIC ART AND THE REVITALIZATION OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER
by
Elizabeth Gelbard Dinerstein
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC, ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF PUBLIC ART STUDIES
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Elizabeth Gelbard Dinerstein
Object Description
| Title | Fostering vital places: public art and the revitalization of the Los Angeles River |
| Author | Dinerstein, Elizabeth Gelbard |
| Author email | lizdinerstein@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Public Art Studies |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Public Art Studies |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-15 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Driggs, Janet Owen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Grey, Susan Decter, Joshua |
| Abstract | The dynamic between the Los Angeles River and the humans living at its banks has changed much over time. While the river gave life to the city and determined its configuration for its first hundred years, by the 20th Century, Los Angeles had outgrown its river and concretized it. However, over the past decade, the LA River has slowly become the subject of attention and the necessary factors for a change in its conditions are mustering along its banks. In this circumstance of change it is important that the development process cultivates vital places. In this regard, I assert that public art has a powerful role to play in facilitating and supporting the generation of vital public space. In support of this claim, I analyze three public art projects, each undertaken along a river, and interrogate whether or not they functioned to create and maintain a vital public space. |
| Keyword | public Art; Los Angeles River; urban planning; public space |
| Geographic subject | rivers: Los Angeles River |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1116 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Dinerstein, Elizabeth Gelbard |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Dinerstein-20080415 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Dinerstein-20080415.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | FOSTERING VITAL PLACES: PUBLIC ART AND THE REVITALIZATION OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER by Elizabeth Gelbard Dinerstein A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC, ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF PUBLIC ART STUDIES May 2008 Copyright 2008 Elizabeth Gelbard Dinerstein |
