Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Wiltern
In the heart of Los Angeles' Koreatown sits the Wiltern Theater and above it rises the Pellissier Building. Named for the famous corner it sits on, Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, this 1931 Art Deco masterpiece was built originally to stage vaudeville acts as the Western Theater, but was renamed Wiltern after a brief dark period in the mid 1930s. Currently, it serves as a major mid-level live theatre venue and glorious reminder of LA's architectural past.
Photos taken at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California on January 11, 2012.
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Labels: art deco, Koreatown, Los Angeles, theatre, Western Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard, Wiltern Theatre
Saturday, May 07, 2011
LA Leftovers - Signage










Photos taken at various spots in (and above) Norwalk, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Hawthorne and Los Angeles, California between April 11 and 16, 2011
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Labels: Hollywood, Los Angeles, signage
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Metrolink and Amtrak California







If some of these look familiar, it's because they're made at the same Thunder Bay, Ontario plant that trains in Miami, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto are made in. Well, the Metrolink ones are at least.
Photos taken at the Anaheim, Fullerton, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, LA Union and once more with flare, Anaheim Metrolink Stations in Anaheim, Fullerton, Norwalk and Los Angeles, California on April 11, 2011.
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Labels: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Union Station, Metrolink, railroad
LA Metro Red/Purple Lines

Photos taken along the Red Line of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California on April 11, 2011
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Labels: Los Angeles, subway, Transit
LA Metro Blue Line



Photos taken at Imperial/Wilmington Station and 7th/Metro Center Station on the LA Metro Blue (Long Beach) Line on April 11, 2011
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Labels: Los Angeles, LRT, Transit
LA Metro Green Line

Geek Time
LA Metro's Green Line, a train that doesn't quite go to the beach, doesn't quite go to LAX, doesn't quite go to the Metrolink station at Norwalk, but DOES go down the median of I-105, is shown here at various locations in Norwalk, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach and Los Angeles, California on April 11 and 12, 2011
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Labels: art, Los Angeles, LRT, Transit
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Los Angeles Union Station







The last of the great train stations, featuring moderne, art deco and Spanish revivial styles, serves thousands of bus, subway, commuter and long-haul rail passengers who would otherwise further clog the far-from-free-flowing freeway system.
Photos taken on North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California on April 11, 2011
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Labels: architecture, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Union Station, railroad, train station















