A Mixed Review of Central Los Angeles Area High School #9

Staying with the school theme here for a minute, LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne has put together a lengthy review of the new Central Los Angeles Area High School #9, a fancy, new, expensive ($232 million) arts school that will finally be opening its doors for students come September. Hawthorne details all the ups and downs the project experienced, with lots of juicy conflict, from a rapidly-rising budget to architect battles (some involving Los Angeles architecture mainstay Eli Broad).

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