Environmentalists Urge Gehry To Quit Wetlands Project

Environmentalists protest against the Ballona Wetlands project in Southern California and urge architect Frank Gehry to quit the project.

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October 9, 2001, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"About a dozen sign-waving environmentalists marched to Frank Gehry's office to protest the architect's involvement in developing one of Southern California's last coastal open spaces.Gehry, whose works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Hall under construction in downtown Los Angeles, has signed onto the 1,087-acre Ballona Wetlands project."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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