Category: Photos

Photos: Shuttle Endeavour Over L.A.

There will be thousands of photos out there of the space shuttle Endeavour as it passed over Los Angeles on Friday. Here are a few from the vantage point of my balcony:

Photo: LACMA Lawn Before Rock

In the fall of 2010, LACMA opened the Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, complete with a  lush lawn behind it. Just a few short months later, crews began ripping up the lawn to prepare for the arrival of Levitated Mass. It was…

Photos: L.A.’s Amazing Sudden Growth

LACMA flung open its doors on Saturday for the final weekend of Pacific Standard Time. It’s entry into the massive 60+ museum and gallery show was called “California Design 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way,” featuring mid-century furniture, artifacts, photos,…

Photos: L.A. Car Washes

Way back when, when they decided for better or for worse that the car would be king in Los Angeles, the need arose for places to clean the smoggy filth off of those cars. As was the style in the…

Photos: Sontag Drug Store

Just like movies have a taglines (classic example, “Weekend at Bernie’s — He’s the Life of the Party… Well, Almost), the tagline for Los Angeles should be “Out with the Old, in with the New,” and I’m not referring to…

Photos: Before Park La Brea

I was recently standing on a balcony at LACMA looking North when my friend said “Yuck, so ugly” She was referring to Park La Brea. I don’t necessarily agree with that assessment, but there is no argument that the facility’s…

Photos: 2011 Farmers Market Auto Show

Did you check out the Gilmore Heritage Auto Show at the Farmers Market on Saturday like I suggested? If not, here are some photos. The show this year was heavy on 1950s cars –not many muscle cars which is what…

Photos: “Miracle Mile” the Movie

I recently became aware of the 1988 movie “Miracle Mile.” It’s about  a nuclear attack on the U.S. with our own Miracle Mile on Wilshire as ground zero. I don’t know what Hollywood has against this neighborhood. First it was bombed…

Photos: Rainbows Over Los Angeles

Sure the rain has been miserable, what with the mudslides and the flooding and the wet shoes. But when it all ended Wednesday afternoon, it left behind a double rainbow. The first, brighter arc of light seemed to begin at Hollywood…

Photos: Before & After on Wilshire

As a guy who likes history and architecture, I love before and after photos, seeing how areas have changed over the years. I found this really great website called Yesterday LA, which promises “a tour of LA through vintage postcards.”…