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It’s bisected by La Cienega Boulevard, a thoroughfare that carries six lanes of high-speed traffic through the gritty landscape of the oil field, which feels like a relic of old L.A.

For example, “Pinky could conclude only that the strength of the floor diaphragm where the trench headers bisected the slab was inadequate.”

The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.

Nájera said traffic is the primary threat to Southern California mountain lions, whose habitat has been fragmented and bisected by roads and highways.

The library is meant to be noisy: It’s a lounge-like area with no walls or doors that is bisected by the hallway that traverses the building.