Los Angeles Urban Rangers

American artist collective

The Los Angeles Urban Rangers is a group of American scholars and artists who interpret domestic and international urban landscapes using the perspective of the United States National Park Service.[1][2] Founded in 2003,[3] they are best known for their Malibu Public Beach Safari, an urban safari tour of the affluent Malibu beach area of Los Angeles.[4][5][6] In 2011 the group also led tours of the LA river.[7][8]

The Urban Rangers' Portable Ranger Station was shown at the 2009 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in the Netherlands Architecture Institute. Their work was included in "Actions: What You Can Do With The City", at The Graham Foundation in Chicago, and in the Experimental Geography on the road show. In 2009 the Urban Rangers received a 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship award from the CA Community Foundation in conjunction with the Getty Trust.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Urban Rangers on 'safari' in L.A." Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2009.
2. ^ Bauch, Nicholas; Scott, Emily Eliza (2012). "The Los Angeles Urban Rangers: actualizing geographic thought". Cultural Geographies. 19 (3): 401–409\. doi:10.1177/1474474012441465. JSTOR 44251488. S2CID 145293291.
3. ^ "Tide Map Restores Public Beach | CCA Actions". www.cca.qc.ca.
4. ^ Sloane, David (November 8, 2017). Planning Los Angeles. Routledge. ISBN 9781351177436 - via Google Books.
5. ^ Group's 'safaris' find Malibu beaches behind mansions Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine July 27, 2007 Scripps News Services
6. ^ Susan Carpenter UNGALLERY; From the desert to the sea: L.A. in 16,000 square feet [HOME EDITION] Environmentalists, Art exhibits September 9, 2004 Los Angeles Times
7. ^ "Photos: L.A. River Ramble With The Los Angeles Urban Rangers". KCET. August 17, 2011.
8. ^ "Urban Rangers Quest For The Natural L.A." NPR.org.
9. ^ "Good money in bad times for L.A. artists". July 2, 2009.

## External links

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* LA Urban Rangers website