History – Page 4 – QuantumTom

Penn Ave Converting to Two-way Traffic

A 1910 City Map. A rail line arcs from the middle of the left to the bottom right corner. There is a rail junction as well. The map shows city streets, and tracts of undeveloped farm land.

For as long as I can remember, this Food Truck Alley has been a one-way thoroughfare. This change may alleviate some of the traffic congestion at the intersection of Stewart and Olympic Boulevard.

SERIOUSLY, WTF??? “Torch-wielding protesters rally at Confederate statue in Virginia” – NY Daily News

Okay, it’s just not funny any more. Torch-wielding white supremacists rallied around a Robert E. Lee statue slated for removal and chanted “Russia is our friend” in Virginia Saturday night. I realize they’re just trying to get people upset, but this is just downright weird. I’m not going any further. I support free speech, so goContinue reading “SERIOUSLY, WTF??? “Torch-wielding protesters rally at Confederate statue in Virginia” – NY Daily News”

OMG! It’s an Isometric Map of The Breakfast Club

Venice ’83

Photos of the 1983 El Niño beach erosion in Venice Beach, California. Photos show the lifeguards’ “HQ” building featured in the television show Bay Watch.

Painted columns along a sidewalk, Venice, Calif., ca. 1973

Searching the USC digital archives for photos of Venice, I found this in the collection called “Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002.” It’s a great view from in front of what’s now Menotti’s Cafe on Windward. Based on the striped column, it looks like there was once a barber shop there. What’s now Collage Cafe onceContinue reading “Painted columns along a sidewalk, Venice, Calif., ca. 1973”