Interesting ways to explore Los Angeles..
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Angelenic: Downtown Los Angeles
www.angelenic.com All about happenings in downtown Los Angeles. Here is a photo of the Orpheum roof sign and the Eastern Columbia building on a post about a Downtown Film Festival.
See their list of vegetarian friendly restaurants.
Big Orange Landmarks
bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com Floyd B. Bariscale is investigating many Los Angeles landmarks in his glorious blog. Everything is indexed for easy browsing.
At right is stage end of the now demolished Biltmore Theatre. full size view
DLD
losangeles.somaweb.org The site is "a simple directory to explore downtown los angeles" with lots of interesting links. Shown here is Broadway's Eastern Columbia building in a photo on the site.
Grid Skipper
www.gridskipper.com Lots of up info about architecture, culture and other happenings in various neighborhoods. Here's a photo of the Storer House on a 2006 post. full size view
Image Archeology
www.image-archeology.com A wondrous collection of old postcards from variuos neighborhoods. Here's a scene on Olvera St. from the collection. full size view
See also their views of Universal City, Farmer's Market, the Bernheimer residence and lots more.
Legends of America
www.legendsofamerica.com This shot of the Azusa sign if from one of this site's Route 66 pages. There's also lot's more of interest on the Legends site.
full size view more photos from legends
L.A. Conservancy
www.laconservancy.org This organization is a leading force in preserving historic buildings in Los Angeles. Shown here is a photo of the Ambassador Hotel from their site. full size image more photos from the site
See their site for tours, film screenings in historic Los Angeles movie theatres and more.
L.A. Nomad -- Live and Die in LA
#92 of 100 Things To Do Before You Die is to take a stroll through the Theatre District. Here's a nice view looking north on Broadway from the 50's with the Loew's State on the left. full size view
L.A. Okay -- Things to Do
www.laokay.com A multifaceted adventure with offerings from architecture to tourist attractions. This view of the Brown Derby is on the site's Extinct page. full size image
In the Architecture department see the pages on Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, S. Charles Lee and others. Note that many of the sections have links to other resources at the bottom of the page. The History section has a Historic Buildings page plus lots more.
L.A. Time Machines
www.latimemachines.com This site has a terrific assortmant of information and photos. This shoe of Crossroads of the World in Hollywood is from their Historic Buildings of Los Angeles page.
full size image more from L.A. Time Machines
Los Angeles Vegetarian Restaurants
www.vegparadise.com See this site for a list of r vegetarian restaurants, restaurant reviews and farmer's market information in the Los Angeles area. They also do a monthly newsletter.
Los Angeles -- a world class city
www.geocities.com/los_angeles_coast
Lawrence, Dennis and James have assembled a great collection of Los Angeles photos. This View of downtown in the 1940's is from their Downtown Core page. Check out their links page for other sources. full size image
Lotta Living
www.lottaliving.com Your source for mid-century modern, atomic age and googie style living. Here's a postcard from a Knott's Berry Farm tour. full size view
Neon Signs in Los Angeles
www.publicartinla.com/neon_signs A nice list of historic neon with links to many great photos.
Old Los Angeles postcards
www.flickr.com/photos/zilf Zilf has amassed a lovely collection of Los Angeles postcards--459 at last count. Here is the classic "Greetings" card. full size view
Penny Postcards from California
www.rootsweb.com/...postcards Lots of fun here browsing through submissions from many contributors. Shown here is a postcard of Bing Crosby's house in the Los Angeles County section of the site. full size view
See the sections on City of Los Angeles, Hollywood, Venice, 1933 earthquake damage and lots more.
Preserve L.A.
www.preservela.com A site devoted to keeping you up to date with preservation news. This image is from an article about the Weatherwolde Castle in Tujunga. full size view
Roadside Peek
This photo of the Angel's Flight car is on Roadside Peek's Southern California Historical Sites page. Check out the Hollywood, Southern California Postcards Southern California Index pages for lots of pictures of buildings, neon signs and other adventures.
Spherical Panoramas
www.sphericalpanoramas.com We're here behind the Hollywood sign and you can take a 360 degree tour on this amazing site. There are also many other tours including the Mt. Wilson observatory, desert adventures, Frank lloyd Wright's Freeman House, Mt. Hollywood and lots more. You can pan and tilt in all directions.
To start your Hollywood sign tour: go to the website and either scroll down through "most recent" panoramas or hit the "Griffith Park" link in the left column. Click on the photo where you want to start.
Also see: www.hollywoodsign.org
Uncanny -- Streetcars plus a Downtown Tour
www.uncanny.net/%7Ewetzel/pery.htm
A great site by Tom Wetzel with period views along different rail lines. This view from his page on the Glendale-Burbank Line.
Also check out the Hollywood Boulevard Line tour and the terrific Downtown Walking Tour.
A Visit to Old Los Angeles
www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal14.html This link gets you journeying to Echo Park, Santa Monica and Venice. This extraordinary site features a number of other episodes created by Brent C. Dickerson combining his text with an amazing collection of old postcards and other historic photos. Other adventures include Broadway in the 20's , Catalina and more. The index page will give you the rundown. full size image
Yesterday LA
www.yesterdayla.com This site has a great collection of vintage postacrds. This one of the Farmer's Market in the 50's is from their Westside page. full size more from yesterdayla.com
You Are Here
www.you-are-here.com Check out this terrific site. Martin (from Stuttgart) has done a building by building documentation of the Broadway theatre district, Hollywood Blvd. and other areas. This photo is from his Googie Architecture page. full size image
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