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

Aug 31, 2009 by

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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Culver City Downtown Walking Tour

Jul 10, 2009 by

Over the years, Culver City has gone through a metamorphosis. Gone are its days as a sleepy working class enclave. It’s now a modern, thriving intersection of the arts and motion pictures industries; a design, [...]

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Olvera Street the Alley of the City of the Angels

Jun 16, 2009 by

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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Los Angeles Historic Walks

Jun 12, 2009 by

Literally on the road to see, hear, and learn about the history of Los Angeles, to find its heart, spirit, and soul is through walking the inner and outer sanctums of Los Angeles to discover [...]

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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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Koreatown, Kimchi, and Spicy Noodles

May 21, 2009

Although I’ve had Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese food, I had not tried Korean food until today. Fortunately, for two reasons, a friend of mine has many years sampling various Korean restaurants, noodle shops, and [...]

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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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Macarthur Park is going to the Birds

Mar 20, 2009

Whoever thought a major metropolitan city like Los Angeles couldn’t have so many different varieties of birds, definitely hasn’t visited Macarthur Park, which is located in the Westlake district. Considering the recent history of Macarthur [...]

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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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