Archive for Downtown

“Taste the Difference at New York Pizza Next Door”

Oct 24, 2009 by

Who doesn’t love Pizza? Especially, when it’s an out-of-this-world, heaven on earth round delight New York Style pizza. Count me in and I know where you can find this delicacy. While downtown, working on a [...]

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A Building that defines Public Art

Oct 22, 2009 by

After a lot of time and work, Travelin’ Local has formed a California non-profit corporation– Mapping Los Angeles Public Art, aka “MLAPA.” In addition, we’ve submitted our application to the IRS for our 501c (3) [...]

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Romanesque Revival Architecture in Downtown Los Angeles

Oct 21, 2009 by

Los Angeles–the last bastion and frontier of our Republic’s “go west” ethos–can’t tout the cultural, historical, architectural, and political underpinnings that New York City and the Commonwealth states lay first claim to posses; but we [...]

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Finding Public Art at the Figueroa Courtyard in Downtown LA

Sep 14, 2009 by

Figueroa Courtyard in Downtown Los Angeles, at the corner of 3rd and Figueroa, is a unique 5 acre walkway and courtyard. If you want to relax, immerse yourself in the sounds of a running fountain, [...]

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Welcome to the Cathedral of our Lady of Angels

Sep 04, 2009

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral of our Lady of Angels is a quiet, art-filled oasis in the middle of a bustling city. When I first saw this immense building, I [...]

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Public Art at the John Ferraro Department of Water and Power Building

Aug 31, 2009

This gorgeous sculpture entitled Colpo d’ala, which looks like it is immersed in the clear water moat surrounding the John Ferraro Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”) building, resembles a large bird ready [...]

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Discover your Inner Child at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum

Jun 20, 2009

On Thursday, I was invited to see and cover a Natural History Museum of Los Angeles special event. It was an exhibition by, for, and dedicated to our children and nature: “A Sense of Wonder, [...]

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Olvera Street the Alley of the City of the Angels

Jun 16, 2009

Taking a quick appraisal of most of our State’s–and the Southwestern States– its hard to not see our history from simply reading a map or street sign—from San Francisco, San Jose, Sonoma Valley, to San [...]

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Walking in LA

Jun 06, 2009

Contrary to the hit song by the Missing Persons, that “Nobody Walks in LA” I beg to differ—a lot of people not only walk in LA but they love to walk in LA. For today’s [...]

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The Metro, LADWP, and Alternative Fuel

May 11, 2009

For today’s Metro Monday article, I’ll begin at the ending of my trip last week, via the “534 Express” to Malibu, California. Last time, I started my route in Santa Monica. However, this time, upon my return, [...]

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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

May 08, 2009

Currently, the world famous LA Coliseum, is most notably known as the home of the USC Trojans. It has the proud distinction of being the only stadium in the world to host the Olympic Games [...]

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Pershing Square is the Place to be

Mar 31, 2009

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, Pershing Square has a long and rich history dating back to 1866. Its last redesign was in 1994, led by the famed architect Ricardo Legorreta and landscape [...]

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Independence Day, Paramount Studios, and a Contest

Mar 16, 2009

As a follow-up to yesterday’s visit to the Paley Center and its thousands of TV titles, I wanted to visit the movies today. Not literally at the movies, or on a movie set, but one [...]

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