Santa Monica’s transformation represents catastrophic memory loss at urban scale. Every demolished bungalow contained decades of family stories that even the casual observer can sense. Every shadow-casting tower erases solar rhythms evolved over centuries. Every exiled family leaves with irreplaceable knowledge of place.

We’re not adding chapters to our urban story—we’re ripping out pages until the narrative becomes incomprehensible.

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