Commercial vacancies hovering around 20% nationally, but we need more sprawl…

So many resonances for what happened to both malls and department stores in this story on the demise of the sit-down chain

[Our divorce restaurant was the Chilis on 15-501] www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/d...

rims | mar vista, california, 2018 © phil donohue

this image appears in the spring 2025 issue of aperture magazine in jane’a johnson’s piece on hoodmidcenturymodern

many thanks to jane’a johnson & zack hatfield for the inclusion

https://aperture.org/magazines/aperture-no-258/

fair oaks burger | altadena, 2013 © phil donohue

“Altadena staple Fair Oaks Burger survived the Eaton Fire — the only structure on the block still standing.”

https://laist.com/news/food/fair-oaks-burger-free-meals-altadena-eaton-fire

#fairoaksburger #altadena #35mm #film #2013 #phildonohue

capturing the feeling of john portman

https://mascontext.com/observations/capturing-the-feeling-of-john-portman

bonaventure hotel (john portman, 1976) | downtown los angeles, 2017 © phil donohue

#johnportman #bonaventure #mascontext #phildonohue #brutalism