The Los Angeles Times Magazine (also shortened to just LA ) was a monthly magazine which supplemented the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper on the first Sunday of the month. The magazine focused on stories and photos of people, places, style, and other cultural affairs occurring in Los Angeles and its surrounding cities and communities. The Los Angeles Times Magazine was the successor to West Magazine , and was published between 2000 and 2012.
61-564: From 1967 to 1972, the Los Angeles Times produced a Sunday supplement called West magazine. West was recognized for its art design, which was directed by Mike Salisbury. Covers were illustrated by the likes of Milton Glaser , Robert Grossman , Edward Sorel , John Van Hamersveld , Richard Weigand , and Sailisbury himself. West also published the work of underground cartoonists Victor Moscoso , Robt. Williams , and Gahan Wilson . After Times publisher Otis Chandler shut down
122-535: A Nobel Prize in Physics , a Pritzker Prize , 3 National Medal of Arts Awards, 15 Rome Prizes , 26 Guggenheim Fellowships , 3 MacArthur Fellowships , 9 Chrysler Design Awards , 3 Emmy Awards, a Tony, a Grammy, a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering , and 3 Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture . The institution has also had 40 Fulbright Scholars since 2001 and 13 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships since 2004. Notable faculty of
183-669: A sliding scale . On May 8, 2013, a group of students occupied President Bharucha's office in protest over news reports about ending free tuition. The administration, board of trustees, and those members of the Cooper Union community who had been occupying the Office of the President since early May reached an agreement that ended the occupation on July 12. Throughout 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) —
244-464: A coalition of former and current students, alumni and faculty — campaigned to reverse this decision, urging the president and the board of trustees to return Cooper Union to "its tuition-free and merit-based mission, ensure the school’s fiscal recovery, and establish better governance structures." On September 1, 2015, the school and the CSCU announced the CSCU's lawsuit against the school's administration
305-508: A few attempts to merge Cooper Union and Columbia University , but these were never realized. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum , was founded in 1897 as part of Cooper Union by Sarah, Eleanor, and Amy Hewitt, granddaughters of Peter Cooper. Cooper Union's Foundation Building is an Italianate brownstone building designed by architect Fred A. Petersen , one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects . It
366-564: A full-height Grand Atrium, prevalent interior windows, a four-story linear central staircase, and upper-level skyways , which reflect the design intention of inspiring, socially interactive space for students and faculty. In addition, the building's design allows for up to 75% natural lighting , further reducing energy costs. In 2010, 41 Cooper Square became the first academic and laboratory structure in New York City to meet Platinum-level LEED standards for energy efficiency. The building
427-433: A full-tuition scholarship to every admitted student, a practice it discontinued in 2014, instead offering a half-tuition scholarship to each admitted student. As of 2024 , nearly half of its undergraduate students were attending on a tuition-free basis. In September 2024 the school announced that for the next four years, all students (including current students) would not pay tuition for their senior year. The Cooper Union
488-536: A guiding reference in the world of graphic design. The studio "redefined and expanded the imprimatur of the designer, illustrator, and visual culture at large". Glaser started his own design firm, Milton Glaser Inc., in 1974 and left Push Pin Studios the following year. In 1983, Glaser formed a partnership with Walter Bernard and established a publication design firm called WBMG in New York City. WBMG has designed more than 50 magazines, newspapers and periodicals around
549-485: A new building called 41 Cooper Square . A new classroom, laboratory, and studio facility designed by Thom Mayne replaced the aging Hewitt Academic Building at 41 Cooper Square . In contrast to the Foundation Building, 41 Cooper Square is of modern, environmentally "green" design , housing nine above-ground floors and two basements. The structure features unconventional architectural features, including
610-449: A new four-year nighttime engineering college for men and a few women. In 1883, a five-year curriculum in chemistry was added as an alternative to the applied science (engineering) program. A daytime engineering college was added in 1902, thanks to funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie . Initial board members included Daniel F. Tiemann , John E. Parsons , Horace Greeley and William Cullen Bryant , and those who availed themselves of
671-612: A new tuition-based cross-disciplinary graduate program, expand its fee-based continuing education programs, and impose tuition on some students in its existing graduate programs. In December 2012, as a protest against the possibility of undergraduate tuition being charged, 11 students occupied a suite in the Foundation Building for a week. Charging high tuition was complicated by the school's lack of customary amenities offered by other high-tuition schools. The college ended its free tuition policy for undergraduates in 2014, but offers need-based tuition remission to incoming undergraduates on
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#1732783298292732-476: A pop culture icon. It is reproduced on everything from coffee cups to T-shirts and hats. The logo can be seen everywhere in New York City. Robert Indiana's work influenced Glaser who in turn has inspired other designers to create variations on the layout, for example "I Heart Radio". The state has filed nearly 3,000 objections against them. After the September 11 terrorist attacks , the logo became even more of
793-400: A series of open forums were held with students, faculty, and alumni to address a financial crisis. Current and past students voiced opposition to charging tuition. The then-president of the school, Jamshed Bharucha , indicated depletion of the school's endowment required additional sources of funding. In 2012, the college announced approval from its board of trustees to attempt to establish
854-527: A short 16mm anti-war film directed by Whitney Lee Savage (father of Adam Savage ). His artwork has been featured in exhibits, and placed in permanent collections in many museums worldwide. Throughout his long career, he designed many posters, publications and architectural designs. He received many awards for his work, including the National Medal of the Arts award from President Barack Obama in 2009 and
915-549: A smaller, more modern alternative to the Great Hall. A substantial portion of the annual budget, which supports the full-tuition scholarships in addition to the school's costs, is generated through revenues from real estate. Its endowment is over $ 600 million. The land under the Chrysler Building is owned by the endowment, and as of 2009, Cooper Union received $ 7 million per year from this parcel. Further, under
976-719: A snowy night before about 1,500 persons." Widely reported in the press and reprinted throughout the North in pamphlet form, the speech galvanized support for Lincoln and contributed to his gaining the Party's nomination for the presidency . It is now referred to as the Cooper Union Address . Since then, the Great Hall has served as a platform for historic addresses by American Presidents Grant , Cleveland , Taft , Theodore Roosevelt , Woodrow Wilson , and Bill Clinton . Clinton spoke on May 12, 1993, about reducing
1037-481: A symbol, creating unity between the public. Glaser designed a modified version saying, "I Love New York More Than Ever", in response to the attacks. The red heart has a small blackened and burned area along one edge to symbolize the attack on the World Trade Center site . In 1968, Glaser and Clay Felker founded New York magazine. The magazine was about being on the reader's side, "it was about what
1098-502: A very unusual arrangement, New York City real-estate taxes assessed against the Chrysler lease, held by Aby Rosen , are paid to Cooper Union, not the city. This arrangement would be voided if Cooper Union sold the real estate. In 2006, Tishman Speyer signed a deal with the school to pay rent that has escalated to $ 32.5 million in 2018. Around October 29, 2011, rumors circulated the school was in serious financial trouble. On October 31,
1159-562: Is dedicated completely to School of Art studio and classroom space in addition to the art studio spaces located throughout the building. The lowest basement level consists almost completely of the school's large machine shops and design laboratories, as well as much of the HVAC and supply infrastructure . The building's first basement level houses primarily the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, a 198-capacity lecture hall and event space designed as
1220-538: Is the largest of the three schools by a significant margin. The school offers ABET -accredited Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programs in core engineering fields and an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) degree. Opportunities are also available for engineering students to pursue minors in bioengineering, chemistry, computer science, humanities and social sciences, and mathematics. Specialized facilities for teaching and research include
1281-585: The Cooper Union in New York City, Reynold Ruffins , Seymour Chwast, Edward Sorel and Glaser founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Glaser joined after his return from Italy. In 1957, the Push Pin Monthly Graphic was sent out to friends and clients. The studio's work rejected tradition and favored "reinvigorated interpretations of historical styles". Glaser and Seymour Chwast directed Push Pin Studios for twenty years, while it became
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#17327832982921342-849: The Israel Museum , Jerusalem. His work has also been featured in exhibits internationally. He had one-man shows at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In 1988, Glaser designed the New York City Shelly Fireman-owned Italianate eatery Trattoria Dell'Arte across from Carnegie Hall . Glaser was the subject of the 2008 documentary film To Inform and Delight: The World of Milton Glaser . A tribute to Glaser, still working in his 90th year,
1403-621: The Italian communication agency Pomilio Blumm . Stemming from this experience, a documentary titled A Social Design Story was produced. In 2004, Glaser won a National Design Award Lifetime Achievement from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum for his profound and meaningful long-term contributions to the contemporary practice of design. In 2009, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at
1464-550: The Los Angeles Times announced it was resurrecting West magazine, edited by Rick Wartzman, with writer Amy Tan as the literary editor. West replaced the Los Angeles Times Magazine . A little more than a year later, in October 2007, West magazine changed its name and format again, returning to the Los Angeles Times Magazine and becoming a monthly. Because of financial losses, the editorial board of
1525-572: The Maurice Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering established in 2002 and the interdisciplinary Maker Space Lab, established in 2020 for the use of engineering, art, and architecture students. The School of Engineering offers master's degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering. Cooper Union undergraduate engineering students may earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in as little as five years. Consisting of roughly 200 students and 70 faculty members,
1586-805: The Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas delivered his first formal speech in English. Other historic speakers in the Great Hall have included Frederick Douglass , Susan B. Anthony , Elizabeth Cady Stanton , and Mark Twain . The Great Hall continues to serve as an important metropolitan art space and has hosted lectures and performances by such key figures as Joseph Campbell , Steve Reich , Salman Rushdie , Ralph Nader , Hamza Yusuf , Richard Stallman , Rudolph Giuliani , Pema Chodron , Michael Bloomberg , Evo Morales , and Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez . When not occupied by external or hosted events,
1647-416: The 2024-2025 academic year and that they were proceeding as planned towards their goal of 100% coverage in the 2029 fiscal year. Admission to Cooper Union is highly competitive, with an acceptance rate of 12% across the three schools. The Cooper Union's School of Engineering is named in honor of Albert Nerken, a chemical engineering alumnus of the school. Its enrollment includes about 550 students, and
1708-586: The Cooper Union School of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree and a Certificate of Fine Arts. As a member school of AICAD , School of Art students may participate in exchange programs with the other colleges in the association, including California Institute of the Arts and Otis College of Art and Design . The Cooper Union Art program is often referred to as " generalist " or "versatile" when compared to other Fine Arts colleges; incoming students do not choose an academic major within
1769-582: The Fine Arts field, but instead are permitted and encouraged to select courses from any of the School of Art's departments. The curriculum place heavy emphasis on each student's creative and imaginative abilities, rather than technical precision in a specific medium. Located in both public spaces and specialized rooms, Cooper Union's galleries provide space for installations and showcases by students, faculty, and guest artists. Popular gallery locations include
1830-400: The Foundation Building are used primarily for interdisciplinary exhibitions with the School of Architecture. For presentations of video and digital media, the Great Hall and 41 Cooper Square's Rose Auditorium are used. The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union offers a five-year NAAB accredited program established by John Hejduk . The philosophical foundation of the school
1891-554: The Great Hall is made accessible to students and faculty for large lectures and recreational activities, including the school's annual Culture Show. In 1994, the Cooper Union Forum of Public Programs was honored with a Village Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation . In late 2008, the Great Hall was closed to students and outside events for the first major renovation of
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1952-411: The Great Hall lobby in the Foundation Building and newly opened 41 Cooper Gallery in 41 Cooper Square, which provides a two-story high space for large, three-dimensional exhibitions and works visible from both the building lobby and 7th street through large plate-glass windows. In addition, numerous smaller exhibition spaces exist throughout both buildings on campus. Larger spaces on the upper floors of
2013-549: The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art, and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. It offers undergraduate and master's degree programs exclusively in the fields of architecture , fine arts (undergraduate only), and engineering as well as a shared core curriculum in the humanities and social sciences. The Cooper Union was one of very few American institutions of higher learning to offer
2074-758: The Sunday edition. Milton Glaser Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929 – June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer , recognized for his designs, including the I Love New York logo; a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan ; the logos for DC Comics , Stony Brook University , Brooklyn Brewery ; and his graphic work on the introduction of the iconic 1969 Olivetti Valentine typewriter. In 1954, he also co-founded Push Pin Studios , co-founded New York magazine with Clay Felker , and established Milton Glaser, Inc. In 1969, he produced and designed "Short Subject", commonly known as " Mickey Mouse in Vietnam ",
2135-626: The White House. Glaser is the first graphic designer to have received this award. Glaser was honored as one of The New Jewish Home's 2015 Eight Over Eighty honorees. Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art , commonly known as Cooper Union , is a private college on Cooper Square in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about
2196-500: The architects Michael Webb , Peter Eisenman , Raimund Abraham , Lebbeus Woods , Diane Lewis and John Hejduk . The post-professional degree program in architecture was launched in 2009. Concentrations in one or a combination of three areas are offered: theory, history and criticism of architecture, urban studies and technologies. Cooper Union has developed an athletic program which fields teams in basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Awards received by Cooper Union alumni include
2257-465: The bottom in Baby Teeth, one of Glaser's typefaces . His inspiration for the poster was Marcel Duchamp 's 1957 Self-portrait ; and Art Nouveau , saying "That was an influence for the colors and shapes in the picture." Six million posters have been printed and distributed, and sell for hundreds of dollars as collectibles. One of Glaser's most recognizable works is his I Love New York logo. In
2318-499: The capital "I" and a red heart, stacked on top of the letters "NY" in American Typewriter typeface, symbolizing New York. His inspiration for the logo was Robert Indiana 's LOVE design , with the four letters stacked on top of each other. "Glaser loved New York so much that he gave his work to the city for free, hoping it would become public property." The logo earns New York state $ 30 million each year and has become
2379-558: The federal deficit and again on May 23, 2006, as the Keynote Speaker at The Cooper Union's 147th Commencement, along with Anna Deavere Smith . He appeared a third time on April 23, 2007, along with Senator Edward Kennedy , Henry Kissinger , Norman Mailer , and others, at the memorial service for historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Most recently, Barack Obama delivered an economic policy speech at Cooper Union's Great Hall on April 22, 2010. On September 22, 2014, President of
2440-534: The first transatlantic telegraph cable , and once ran for President under the Greenback Party , becoming the oldest person ever nominated for the office by a political party . Cooper's dream was to give talented young people the one privilege he lacked: a good education from an institution which was "open and free to all". To achieve these goals, Cooper designated the bulk of his wealth to The Cooper Union. According to The New York Times in 1863, "It
2501-478: The government-supported École Polytechnique in France. The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on Cooper's belief that an education "equal to the best technology schools established" should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of their race, religion, sex, wealth or social status, and should be "open and free to all". The college is divided into three schools:
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2562-444: The hall since 1978. The Cooper Union has schools in architecture, fine art , and engineering. At present, these three fields represent Cooper Union's degree programs. The Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies provides classes and faculty to all three programs. In 2002, the school decided to generate revenue by razing its engineering building and having it replaced with a commercial building, and replacing its Hewitt Building with
2623-457: The institute's courses in its early days included Augustus Saint-Gaudens , Thomas Alva Edison and William Francis Deegan . The Cooper Union's free classes have evolved into three schools: the School of Art, the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. Since 1859, the Cooper Union has educated thousands of artists, architects, and engineers, many of them leaders in their fields. After 1864 there were
2684-506: The magazine in 1972, Salisbury moved on to become art director of Rolling Stone magazine. Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, the San Jose Mercury News published their own version of West Magazine (full name San Jose Mercury News West Magazine ). Los Angeles Times Magazine was started in 1985. As with West , the magazine was a weekly supplemental to the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. In 2006,
2745-564: The magazine was restructured in 2008. In 2012, the magazine won a national prize when the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights announced that Times photographer Michael Robinson Chavez won the international photography category for his work "Broken Promise: Gold Mining in Peru's High Andes," published in 2011. The magazine printed its final issue on June 3, 2012. Since 2014, The California Sunday Magazine has been included in
2806-451: The mid-1970s, New York City's crime rate was up and the city was widely perceived to be dangerous and was on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1977, the State of New York hired advertising agency Wells Rich Greene and Milton Glaser to design a logo to increase tourism. It was Glaser who came up with the design while sitting in the back of a taxi cab on the way to the meeting. The logo consists of
2867-558: The next full-term president. On January 15, 2018, the Free Education Committee (FEC) of the school's Board of Trustees released their recommended plan to return to full-tuition scholarships for undergraduates only by the academic year starting in the fall of 2028. In March 2018, the board released its approved, updated version with the same milestone. In 2024, the school announced that approximately 83% of undergraduate tuition costs would be covered by scholarships in
2928-501: The shaft in the shape of a circle. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and a New York City Landmark in 1965, and added to the Historic American Engineering Record in 1971. On February 27, 1860, the school's Great Hall, located in the basement level of the Foundation Building, became the site of a historic address by Abraham Lincoln . "Lincoln made his address on
2989-474: The subjects of applied sciences and architectural drawing , as well as day classes primarily intended for women on the subjects of photography, telegraphy, typewriting and shorthand in what was called the college's Female School of Design. The early institution also had a free reading room open day and night, the first in New York City (predating the New York Public Library system), and
3050-589: The world. Over his career, Glaser personally designed and illustrated more than 400 posters. Milton drew heavily from early 20th century artists to create his own signature style that consisted of playful, psychedelic graphics with controlled blasts of colors along with silhouettes and bold geometric outlines. His work is displayed in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum , New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum , London; and
3111-445: Was casually observant, which included fasting on Yom Kippur and hosting an annual Passover seder . Glaser stated that his Jewish background played a part in inspiring his designs, sometimes moreso than his American background. In 1966, Glaser designed a poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits . It was one of Glaser's first posters. The poster depicts the profile of Dylan's face with psychedelic, swirly hair, with "Dylan" written at
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#17327832982923172-643: Was directly committed to the "Social Contract" and dedicated to education as "one of the last places that protects freedom, and teaching as a sociopolitical act, among other things." Among those other things were principles of free debate and theoretical discourse which drew source from deep wellsprings of lost histories such as the Bauhaus school of Architecture founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . The faculty includes architects, design and construction managers such as Peter Eisenman , Samuel Anderson , Nader Tehrani , and Diana Agrest . Former faculty members include
3233-553: Was founded in 1859 by American industrialist Peter Cooper , one of the richest businessmen in the United States. Cooper was a workingman's son who had less than a year of formal schooling. Cooper designed and built America's first steam railroad engine and made a fortune with a glue factory and iron foundry. He was a principal investor and first president of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company , which laid
3294-399: Was funded in part by alumni donations, materialized in nameplates and other textual recognition throughout the building. Primarily designed to house the Cooper Union's School of Engineering and School of Art, the new building's first eight above-ground floors are populated by classrooms, small engineering laboratories, study lounges, art studio space, and faculty offices. The ninth, top floor
3355-496: Was happening in New York City at the time." One example of this is "The Underground Gourmet". It was about cheap restaurants in New York. Glaser wrote the column for seven years with Jerome Snyder . It was one of the most popular columns in the magazine. New York "became the model for the city magazines, and stimulated a host of imitations". Glaser left the magazine in 1977. In 1993, thanks to Glaser's history with New York , he
3416-479: Was published in The New York Times in 2019. Milton Glaser was the uncle of Gabby Glaser, of the band Luscious Jackson . He was also a first cousin once removed of graphic designer Steven Brower ; Glaser was Brower’s mother’s cousin. He died of a stroke and renal failure in New York City on his 91st birthday. Glaser's parents were mildly observant Jews, and throughout his life Glaser himself
3477-480: Was rare that those of limited means, however eager they might be to acquire a knowledge of some of the higher branches of education, could obtain tuition in studies not named in the regular course taught in our public schools." Discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, or sex was expressly prohibited. Originally intended to be named simply "the Union", the Cooper Union began with adult education in night classes on
3538-479: Was resolved in the form of a consent decree signed by Cooper Union, then-New York State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman , and the CSCU. The decree includes provisions for returning to a sustainable, tuition-free policy, increased board transparency, additional student, faculty and alumni trustees, an independent financial monitor appointed by the Attorney General, and a search committee to identify
3599-403: Was tapped by John F. Kennedy Jr. , in conjunction with his partner Michael J. Berman , to work with them to create the image they were seeking for their start-up magazine George . In 1970, Glaser designed his namesake typeface, Glaser Stencil , which drew inspiration from geometric sans-serif fonts such as Futura and Avant Garde. In 2019, Glaser redesigned the historical ' rhino ' logo of
3660-700: Was the first graphic designer to receive this award. Glaser was born in The Bronx , New York City. His parents, Eugene and Eleanor (née Bergman), were Hungarian Jewish immigrants. The family resided in the South Bronx . His father owned a dry-cleaning and tailoring shop; his mother was a homemaker. Glaser took drawing classes with artists Raphael and Moses Soyer before attending the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan . After graduating from
3721-461: Was the first structure in New York City to feature rolled-iron I-beams for structural support; Peter Cooper himself invented and produced these beams. Petersen patented a fire-resistant hollow brick tile he used in the building's construction. The building was the first in the world to be built with an elevator shaft, because Cooper, in 1853, was confident an elevator would soon be invented. However, he expected them to be cylindrical, so he designed
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