Santa Monica – Page 8

I was considering running in the Santa Monica 5000…

… until I discovered it was being presented by Ed Hardy Sport. Whatever that is. I think I wanted to have nothing to do with it.

Bike versus Volvo

This morning I came upon the aftermath of what looked to have been a fairly nasty traffic collision at the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Princeton Street in Santa Monica. I can’t tell much about what happened. If I had to guess, I’d say the motorcycle struck the Volvo. I’d bet the Volvo was tryingContinue reading “Bike versus Volvo”

It’s a renter’s market

In addition to the general dearth of housing properties that has been created in the So Cal real estate market over the last five years, there is also the specter of decreasing demand. As the unemployment/underemployment rate in Los Angeles hovers near 20% people are leaving California faster than they are arriving and we mayContinue reading “It’s a renter’s market”

Santa Monica in 1928

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”

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”