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The last section of the video (he drives a bus on weekends) is shot in Los Angeles. You can see the BPOE sign on Bunker Hill clearly with the observation tower at Angel's Flight from the top of the hill.
Commented Feb 1, 2011 on LAT asks where are the athletes turned artists are (except for those actor-types). at viewfromaloft
LAT asks where are the athletes turned artists are (except for those actor-types).
Before Babe Ruth played himself in "Pride of the Yankees," he appeared in this Harold Lloyd silent film comedy "Speedy." The Yankee slugger would not qualify as an candidate in a informal LAT reader survey seeking accomplished athletes who became an acclaimed artist. In a posting about...
I use this station pretty regularly. I think it is one of the nicer ones in the system, especially on platform level, where the station design is very sleek and simple. It was used as the set for the subway station in the filem Minority Report because it looks likely to hold up in the future (2080 in Washington DC, to be precise).
I have been told that the wacky station canopy is a direct copy (rip-off?) of a station in Tokyo but I do not know where.
Commented Nov 4, 2010 on los angeles: before you board, there's a quiz at Human Transit
los angeles: before you board, there's a quiz
Highlight of my transit tour of Los Angeles today: Vermont / Santa Monica subway station. It's by Ellerbe Becket. Striking, certainly, but an entrance so ominous that if I didn't know what it was, I'd guess it was a memorial to a horrible event. Enter under a heavy almond-shaped mass that look...
Nancy- I had a great time with you that evening, and thank you for the nice report. I'l have to get you a better photo, however :-)
Commented Apr 2, 2010 on Walkin' Talkin' & Schmoozin' at Tales of Downtown
Walkin' Talkin' & Schmoozin'
When I moved downtown fifteen months ago, I knew no one, nada, nobody. There was no friend to hang with, no one to call, no dinner parties that I was invited to. The only people I barely knew were my loft neighbors - and since most of them introduced themselves by their loft number, "Hi, I'm i...
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