Los Angeles pics (Pasadena, Vincent, Malibu: loft, cinema, quality of life)

[jessemh431]

All taken today, not by me.



















This one was not taken today. It's Wall St. in downtown. Looks like NYC huh?

[jessemh431]

I'm gonna try and take my own tomorrow.

[King0fthehill]

While in the area, I conveniently decided to grab a few photos of a handful of DTLA's construction projects that are in full swing, After that I took our lame subway to Koreatown and captured the "Korean culture" in all it's glory.

If you have any comments or would like to critique it, then feel free!

LA Live



Staples Center

New building

Lofts & Co, seriously that whole area is filled up with old buildings refurbished with those cheesy blue windows :bash:


The Convention center

717 Olympic


Some Avenue-ism

As it stands, DTLA is experiencing a construction boom

Some little kids asked me to take their picture


I then caught LA's joke of a subway to Koreatown; Purple Line-8 total stops :lol:

Korean-financed Solair building

The classic Wiltern


K-Town biatch!





Timeless architecture is abundant in K-Town, pity the people in the area neglect it.


Back to DTLA again..


Good night!


hope you enjoyed the tour!

[whatever78]

Koreatown (Bev/Normandie) on a rooftop looking west

[King0fthehill]

If you have any comments or would like to critique it, then feel free!

I'll start off with some shots from one of our Asian neighborhoods



Old Town Pasadena and the Rose Bowl

The area was surprisingly crowded for a Sunday afternoon


Adam and Eve

Interesting use of an older building, huh?


Immense detail was to be found on nearly every building

On this small sidestreet I was shocked to find a flourishing Black community (didnt get any good shots of it, though)



More goodness from the main street






Then hit up some residential areas:

I was hoping this mural would be some commie work of art :P



Glendale-aka Little Armenia











Los Felizzzzzzz

Don't like Obama?


Hollyweird :jester:


Church of Scientology HQ



63-unit condo getting glassed up




Despair

The reds are here!!!


WestHo

Guy prepping for the marathon

Aww


Grandeur illusions

No place like home



Hope you enjoyed the tour! :banana:

[Tony from Europe]

Great city

[atlantagreg30127]

Nice shots so far, folks!

Unless there's someone in the construction industry in here you may not be able to answer this, but after seeing some of these pics a question popped into my head...

California and L.A. in particular have some of the most strict building codes in the U.S. A lot of these new buildings in these pics are what he have going up typically here in Atlanta - condos with floor-to-ceiling glass walls on the outer shell of the building. It seems that old time standard windows that are cut out of walls with wall space no longer exist. Everything is floor-to-ceiling windows now.

How is that safe in a heavy earthquake zone? First of all, in a heavy quake, if the windows break you literally lose your entire outer wall of your condo. The windows aren't cut-outs, so poof - the entire outer wall would just collapse. Second, I assume they're using tempered glass that just breaks into a lot of small pieces for this? Or laminated to prevent it from breaking? etc.? Anyone know the specs?

I like most of the new artchitecture. Being scared of heights I'd have to have some sort of half wall near my windows though or I'd never be able to stand close to them. LOL

[ewvdt]

Wonderful pictures! Thank you for posting!

[Charles]

Drove by the placard for this on PCH near Will Rogers Beach last Thursday evening (when looking to photo the mysterious doors beneath the palisades..)

Los Angeles Long Wharf
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http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics31/00065402.jpg

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics21/00030418.jpg

http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/listed_resou...ges/881_01.jpg

[BreaOC]

A few pics I took driving aimlessly through LA



Long Beach from the Queen Mary

City of Avalon (Hey its part of LA too! )

Gardens at the Wrigley Memorial, Avalon