Bunny

Hi there!

I have to translate an article by Lewis MacAdams about Mike Davis (the article is called "Jeremiah among the palms. The lives and dark prophecies of Mike Davis).
I have some problems with this section I posted below. Maybe there ist someone who may help me with the marked sentences.
It would be great if someone is able to give me some suggestions or some explanations.
Thank you in advance!!!

Davis doesn’t seem to be settling down, however; it may simply be that his reputation is finally catching up with him. No longer an obscure iconoclast pushing a contrarian view of the social state, Davis has emerged as the single voice able to capture and articulate the darker weaves behind the glass curtains of modern Los Angeles. Following a century of boosters and civic cheerleaders, City of Quartz redefined L.A. almost overnight. Davis’ thoughts on Frank Gehry and the "architecture of control" — his jeremiads against the extinction of public spaces — have influenced almost everybody working to create a more livable city. Davis’ chronicling of SoCal from a left-labor, multiracial, pop-culture point of view made nationwide best-seller lists, was translated into six languages, and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. City of Quartz has become a standard text for contemporary urban studies.