As an exercise in marketing, the ne...

As an exercise in marketing, the newly expanded looks Angeles Convention Center probably can't compensate for earthquakes, riots and other public relations disasters that have befallen the City of Angels. What building could?

upon the other hand, it would be foolish to underestimate the drawing power of the center's $303 million addition. More than a decade ago, city officials vowed to present Los Angeles back on conventioneers' maps, and they have done that with a piece of exuberant, high-profile architecture.

Breaking from typical convention center design, joint-venture