Many American cities have created museums devoted to their own histories. So far the City of the Future has passed. L.A.’s closest approach is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s new 14,000-square foot installation, “Becoming Los Angeles.” It is dark, optically and philosophically. One message is that Los Angeles, inspiration for many a futuristic Blade Runner dystopia, has a dystopic past as well.
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