Interstate 10 Is More Than a Road
Its Recent Closure Reminds Us of How We Need to Rethink Our Transportation, and Ourselves
Funny thing about the world we have created and the structures we build—they are only really seen for what they are when in states of abandonment. Our built environment reveals our ambition, labor, materiality, and sometimes the folly of believing that our constructions, even massive assemblies of concrete and steel, will persist in perpetuity. As consumed as we are by daily obligations, we devote little time to consider the spaces we occupy and what they represent.
The recent week-long shutdown of Interstate 10 in downtown Los Angeles, after a huge fire …
