Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
by In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …
Category: Downtown Los Angeles
Pershing Square in downtown L.A. is labeled an “artsy park” by Google Maps, but that’s only part of the picture!
Named after “Black Jack” Pershing, a hero of World War I, Pershing Square was once a shady green park in the heart of downtown Los …
Ice-skating beside the palm trees in downtown Los Angeles
The L.A. Kings winning the Stanley Cup twice in the last 3 years no doubt inspired some of the young skaters on the ice in …
Few empty seats at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market–the old now stands cheek by jowl with new eateries!
As recently as 3 years ago I stopped by the Grand Central Market in downtown L.A. to take some photos. The scene was so depressing. …
Happy Birthday Union Station in Los Angeles!! And it was National Train Day, too!
Yesterday was National Train Day, so I decided to skip the Pasadena Earth Day event and ride the Metro Gold Line down to Union Station …
See the Blessing of Animals by Archbishop Gomez at historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles
The Blessing of the Animals in the plaza by Olvera St. on the Saturday before Easter is a tradition that goes back at least 200 …
Angelino Heights is a Victorian home haven in Los Angeles!
I started this by going to Echo Park to check out the status of the lotus plants. No news to report there, so I decided …
It’s CicLAvia — bicycling along Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. No cars! Just people and #bikes!
Wilshire Blvd., a main cross-city street in L.A., was closed to cars today and bicylists were free to go anywhere along the way from One …
Chinese New Year Parade in Los Angeles is a photographer’s dream!
Armed with my camera I went to the New Year’s Parade in Chinatown in Los Angeles a few of years ago and had a terrific …
Oh dear! An Angels Flight rail car in downtown L.A. derailed today. See it here! #railway
The Angels Flight funicular rail line–the shortest railway in the world–runs for one block right up Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. Originally built in …