Hawthorne: Spencer Pratt and Art Deco: LA architecture as a political platform
It’s not often that architecture becomes a major talking point in a race for mayor. But former candidate Spencer Pratt keeps talking about it, firing off a thread on social media on the appeal of Art Deco buildings.
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Opinion Hawthorne: Spencer Pratt and Art Deco: LA architecture as a political platform By Christopher Hawthorne Published June 27, 2026, 7:58 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google It’s not often that architecture becomes a major talking point in a race for mayor. But former candidate Spencer Pratt keeps talking about it, firing off a thread on social media on the appeal of Art Deco buildings. “One of the hallmarks of communism is the exaltation of ugliness,” Pratt began, in a post that included a photo of the 1930 Eastern Columbia building on Broadway, perhaps LA’s best-known Deco landmark, alongside one of a hulking concrete tower by Eric Owen Moss Architects, known as the (W)rapper, that was completed three years ago on Jefferson…
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