CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 NETWORKED ECOLOGIES Kazys Varnelis LANDSCAPE 18 OWENS LAKE 20 RECONSTRUCTING THE VOID Barry Lehrman LOS ANGELES 34 RIVER WATERSHED FLOOD CONTROL FREAKOLOGV David Fletcher OIL 52 CRUDE CITY Frank Ruchala GRAVEL 66 MARGINS IN OUR MIDST Mall Coolidge, Center for Land Use Interpretation THE RIVER 76 THE LOS ANGELES RIVER FABRIC 100 TRAFFIC 102 BLOCKING ALL LANES Scan Dockray, Fiona Whitton, Steve Rowel TELECOMMUNICATIONS 118 INVISIBLE CITY Kazys Varnelis LANDSCAPE 130 TREE MUGGERS Warren Techentin MOBILE PHONES 146 CELL STRUCTURE Ted KaneS; Rick Miller THE STREET 156 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD OBJECTS 176 PROPERTY 178 COUNTING (ON) CHANGE Roger Sherman DISTRIBUTION 206 CONSUMERS GONE WILD Deborah Richmond PROPS 218 STORY OF THE EYE Robert Surnrell PICTURING LOS ANGELES: THE LINEAR CITY Lane Barden THE TRENCH 236 THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR