Check out this highly detailed scan of a map of Los Angeles from 1928. Depicted in the above section are the Pickering and Crystal piers in Ocean Park. Cloverfield Boulevard gets is named for the original title of Santa Monica airport, “Clover Aviation Field.” I took the map section above and superimposed it over GoogleContinue reading “Santa Monica in 1928”
Category Archives: Local
Four Car Collision This Morning
I drove by this accident around 7:35 AM this morning. If I’d been a minute earlier I might have gotten caught up in this. The backup from this was very light and slightly chaotic. The I-10 westbound is certainly an exciting way to get to work! To make matters worse some of the people hadContinue reading “Four Car Collision This Morning”
Little Osaka, Part II
I went back to Sawtelle again last night. I wanted to go alone so I could walk around at my own pace and take my time wandering around. I spent a lot of time in Tokyo Japanese Outlet, trying not to feel rude for taking photos of their merchandise. I did buy some chewing gumContinue reading “Little Osaka, Part II”
Search LA Tweets
Search “jazzercise” near:los_angeles TWITTER PROTIP: Use an inclusive location-based filter to search tweets. Visit search.twitter.com, enter your search term, then add “near:your_geocode” to include in that location in the filter. Tighten it down by specifying a search radius by using the “within” parameter. E.G., “freeway near:90404 within:5km“
Spun Out on the Freeway This Morning
Spotted this Mitsubishi Evo spun out on the embankment this morning. The traffic report on KCRW this morning said a car had spun out westbound on the Santa Monica freeway just before the 405 interchange. Sure enough, it was still there over an hour later. Click for embiggenned version. The traffic was moving so slowContinue reading “Spun Out on the Freeway This Morning”
QuantumTom 