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Being in L.A. can make you environmentally anxious. Patty Chang decided 'to do something about it'
The L.A.-based artist Patty Chang. (June Kim / For The Times) When schools shut down in March 2020, artist Patty Chang decided that she needed an above-ground swimming pool. “That was the first thing I thought,” Chang recalls. “Because, what are they …