26 Sunday Mar 2017
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beach, california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban, Venice Beach
I don’t know what the emergency was on Venice Beach that fall morning back in 2013, but these folks were busy sending out an SOS with help from the native vegetation.
25 Saturday Mar 2017
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california, lights, Los Angeles, night, photography, photowalk, random, Santa Monica, Travel, urban
A nighttime view of the amusement park on Santa Monica Pier, from my visit to Los Angeles and area back in 2013.
05 Thursday Mar 2015
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california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
This piece of public art near the Walt Disney Concert Hall frames Los Angeles City Hall across the Grand Park. Saw this on my visit there in the autumn of 2013.
23 Monday Jun 2014
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california, Hollywood, iPhoneography, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
Reaching a little ways back into the vault … here’s a photo from my visit to Los Angeles last year, from the Hollywood/Vine Metro station. Love the culturally appropriate film-spool-ceiling-tiles.
02 Sunday Mar 2014
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california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
One of the downtown Metro Rail stations in Los Angeles has figurines strung from the ceiling, as if they were sky-diving. Neat effect … once you’ve noticed them, that is!
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
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art, california, Hollywood, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, poster, random, Travel, urban
Spotted this partial poster on a side street in Hollywood, back in the fall.
23 Thursday Jan 2014
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california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, roads, traffic, transportation, Travel, tunnel, urban
The flared entrance to the tunnel under Bunker Hill in Los Angeles gives this ordinarily mundane scene a little something … more.
08 Wednesday Jan 2014
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california, Culver City, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, Travel, urban
About halfway between downtown Los Angeles and Venice Beach lies Culver City.
Known mainly as a place where movie and television production studios/head offices are located, the main commercial drags in Culver City are worth wander for an hour or two.
A grand old hotel with a touching sculpture out front and beautiful fountain art behind (images above and below); neat neon signs all over the place; two grand theatres with cool marquees; oh so many restaurants, cafés and bars.
If you have the time, you’ll enjoy this small detour … for your eyes and your tummy.
The attractions are all clustered around Culver and W Washington boulevards, parallel to Venice Blvd.
If you’re the driving type, it’s not too far from I-10. If you’re the transit type (as I am) take Culver City Bus Route 1 in and out of Venice Beach or Metro Expo Line trains from downtown L.A. to Culver City transit centre. Additionally, Metro bus routes 33 and 733 serving Venice Blvd. have stops near this area.
(Don’t bother to walk: I tried that and ended up stopping for a bus after an hour moving at a fast pace.)
21 Saturday Dec 2013
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art, california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, urban
Part of a larger piece of wall art in Los Angeles.
18 Wednesday Dec 2013
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california, Los Angeles, photography, photowalk, Travel, urban, Venice Beach
This cute sign is hidden away at pavement level outside my hotel in Venice Beach, California.
Ricky Leong 