September 02, 2008
Homeless in LA
Los Angeles County has more homeless people -- estimated at roughly 73,000 on any given night -- than any other metropolis in the country. It also has a topography in which dense urban areas frequently brush up against tiny pockets of wilderness.
For those without houses, this landscape offers many opportunities for ingenious solutions -- aeries beneath bridges, riverbed encampments, ad hoc tree houses with million-dollar views -- to the problem of where to sleep.
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Google Map mashup of Iconic L.A. film locations
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July 13, 2008
Celebrities Leaving Court
Re-post: Homes of movie stars on old, colored postcards. Found at Image Archeology
There are 186 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles. Seventeen of these Registered Historic Places are in fact historic districts which include numerous buildings and other structures. Wikipedia’s List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
Picnic and film screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (From a Favorite things about Los Angeles thread on Metafilter)
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April 25, 2008
The If You Rode a Bike You'd Be Home By Now Ride
“The city is an organism plagued by congestion. Its corridors are blocked by overpopulation and car dependent laziness. Angry drivers are trapped inside their sluggish automobiles. But why should you care? You ride your bicycle and will most likely be home an hour before them. Crimanimal Mass is rising like the Phoenix, out of the ashes of a longstanding legacy of carbon emissions and car-culture…”
The Freeway Traffic Jam Ride was conceived on Wednesday, April 4th in the 2008th year of the common era, by boogalooshrimp and Cyper. It is a form of Bicycle Street Theatre. The inaugural ride took place on April 18, 2008. It is a mobile semi-regular ride
More local bike events at Ibikeu
Another guy Biking through the Holland Tunnel
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March 22, 2008
Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys Boulevard was a 1979 motion picture about the cruising lifestyle on Van Nuys Boulevard in the 1960s and 1970s
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible. (George Burns)
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today –Dan Schlangen’s Rockhoppers Daily Grind from Clinton, WA. Submit yours for consideration.
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February 19, 2008
Rain Man
The Wattles Estate, which was originally known as Jualita, is located at 1824 North Curson Avenue, Hollywood. It was built in 1907 by some wealthy Omaha, Nebraska banker. The sanatarium scenes in the film Rain Man were shot there
A visit to East LA’s Abandoned Linda Vista Hospital
Re-post: Los Angeles Time Machines, a site about the History of Los Angeles Metropolitan historic restaurants, historic bars, historic buildings and historic hotels from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s with a description of their history (movie palaces, motel signs, and remnants of Rt. 66 as well) - places like the Brown Derby Restaurant, Musso and Frank's, the Formosa Cafe, Miceli's Italian Restaurant and Canter's Deli
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January 02, 2008
The old men and the sea
Phantom Galleries temporary art installations in vacant storefront windows
On dry land near Newport Bay, they toil for years to finish their boats, dreaming of a life afloat and knowing that it may never be. The old men and the sea
More from the LA Times: Everybody's got a horror story about a bureaucratic nightmare, but if you can top this one, call me collect at your earliest convenience. Tree trimming fiasco
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November 16, 2007
Operation Invisible Monument
The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942
Operation Invisible Monument. Artist Sandra de la Loza installed mock historic plaques at four locations. These monuments entitled Tropical America, El Otro Ellis, The Displacement of the Displaced and The Triumph of the Tagger, commemorate moments in Los Angeles history that have not been officially recognized
What do you call someone who hails from Hollywood？Hollywoodnik！
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September 03, 2007
How To Hide An Airplane Factory
Just another day on Melrose: A completely naked man, strolling down the street with a leopard flung around his neck
Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in Boyle Heights. It is home to the Varrio Nuevo Estrada street gang. The Murals of Estrada Courts
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air
Los Angeles map of homicides at The LA Times Homicide Report Blog
John Wayne, a four-level interchange, aka The Stack, built in 1953. (From a cryptic AskMe thread)
(Graphic above from Aleem Hossain’s short film Pinkerton)
Unrelated: A train wreck on YouTube
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July 02, 2007
8901 Sunset Boulevard
Volcano 1997 Wilshire Blvd. Set
The Mosaic Tile House in Venice, CA
Apartment name typography in Santa Monica. (From Coudal)
Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Map
Breaking news: Prostitute Porn Actress Released from Jail
Can the Grand Avenue Project create a center for downtown LA?
Also, July 12 at The Whiskey, 11PM – my friend Robert's band – Be there! History of The Whisky-A-Go-Go
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May 16, 2007
More goats
The citizens of Los Angeles demands goats for fire safety
Manhole Covers of Malibu and Rancho Palos Verdes, by David Magney
The Merry-Go-Round at Griffith Park was gutted by fire several months after it was designated Historic Cultural Monument No. 153 by the City of Los Angeles in 1976
Suspect Arthur Hall being interviewed by police, as officer displays marijuana plant recovered in raid
Meltdown, a Grilled-Cheese-only restaurant opened in Culver City. (From Jonson blog)
Downtown Los Angeles Interactive Map
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March 22, 2007
Old Zoo
Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1921 Hollyhock House. Found in Los Feliz Online
2566 Aberdeen Avenue, Los Feliz. For sale at $4,795,000
Oil Wells (pdf map) and many other Maps of Los Angeles
Carniceria store paintings - L.A.'s Mexican murals
The former site of the Los Angeles Zoo, in Griffith Park, closed in 1965
Poshest Gas Station in Los Angeles on the corner of Olympic & Robertson
One Wilshire carrier hotel, housing a hub of communications infrastructure. (From Xeni Jardin’s Day to Day report)
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February 12, 2007
City council meeting
Los Angeles Photos From Flying Helicopter
February 6, 2007: Action clip from a city council meeting in Carson. (Found at Arbroath)
Echo Park Curiosity Shop and Art Gallery
This Christmas we went to Compton and we took pictures. Enough for a photo essay
More from LAist: 101-104 out of 1001 Reasons LA is better than Florida
Expose yourself to comedy – The world only stripping Improv Troupe
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November 29, 2006
Naked Yoga
“Oblivion”, an exhibition of recent aerial work of the city of Los Angeles by photographer David Maise
From 1894 to mid-century, the Parkinson firm played a primary role in shaping the character of downtown L.A. While scores of fine Parkinson buildings have been demolished to make way for progress, to date, almost 60 of them have survived in the downtown Los Angeles area alone. (From The Parkinson Archives)
Naked Yoga Los Angeles is a private club for men who enjoy the freedom of practicing yoga without the restriction of clothing
1955 Nevada A-bomb tests as seen from downtown Los Angeles
… I wanted to celebrate my tenth anniversary in Los Angeles by doing something absolutely nuts: Walking the entire length of Wilshire Boulevard. To my pleasant surprise, almost 30 people I had never met decided to come along for The Great Wilshire Boulevard Walk
Hazy LA smog
The Dungeons and Dragons House, 20 Westminster, Venice Beach. Also there, House of David, Christmas 2005
Abandoned Shopping Carts of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Crime Incident Lookup
The North Hollywood shoot-out, February 1997
The bunny museum in Pasadena
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November 17, 2006
Powerlines Birds
Life in Los Angeles in the 20th century was not nearly as dull as you've been led to believe. (From Boyntonesque)
A Visit to Old Los Angeles and Environs
What's this webwork of streets between LAX Airport and the beach?
More: What are those birds hanging from power lines all over Hollywood and the West Side?
Twenty-five years ago in Los Angeles, California the Cosmic Baseball Association was founded by a small group of friends living and breathing the left coast's air as a professional association of baseball players, owners, and administrators worked through a labor crisis that prevented the playing of professional "major league" baseball
I am away on a short vacation to China at the moment. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment
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October 10, 2006
Only $52M
Wanna move to Pasadena? $52,000,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Make an offer on 1288 South Oakland Ave. (Click on “Photos” for magnificent virtual tours)
Los Angeles gets 50,000 new clocks for old, with 70,000 others adjusted free…as city is made ready for benefits of Boulder Dam's 60-cycle electricity… (From Telechron!)
Bridge To Nowhere in the Angeles National Forest. (From Quartz City)
An old gas cap that had been embedded in the asphalt of Fairfax Avenue
Xin Los Angeles, The Biggest Cargo/Container Ship in the World. (Built by Samsung Heavy Industries)
Ansel Adams' Lost Los Angeles Found By Gerard Van der Leun
Innocent Man Stuck With 100 Parking Tickets because of a personalized license plate that says NV
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