Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles

This blog focuses on rail lines in LA country that exist, are under construction or under consideration. The Californian high-speed rail project and southern CA to Vegas project will also be covered. Since most of the relevant developments in the news, rail websites and blogosphere take place on weekdays, this blog will be updated primarily Monday through Friday and occasionally on the weekends. Your comments, criticism and suggestions are encouraged. Miscellaneous stuff will also appear here.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Transitions: weather, X-mas and place

In these series of photos, first is a group of photos showing the first (?) fog signaling that winter is in its way. The second is the first X-mas decorations I have seen this year. The third is where a movie house had been in Westwood, CA. This lot hadn't been seen in probably decades nor the walls of the adjacent building.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Mas Oyama - 1992 - Part 2

Mas Oyama - 1992 - Part 1

Mas Oyama Interview - Part 3 (another one) in Japanese

Mas Oyama Interview - Part 2(another one) in Japanese

Mas Oyama Interview - Part 1(another one) in Japanese

Mas Oyama Interview part 2 totally in Japanese

Mas Oyama Interview part 1 totally in Japanese

The Yagyu Conspiracy with S. Chiba, his brother, Jiro Yabuki and Etsuko Shiomi. Their probable last performance together.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

A Walk Home Along Wilshire

I took a walk this morning on Wilshire Boulevard. It's been changing a lot after a number of years of little change. Three vacant lots are now filled with high rises and many of the low density, short buildings are slowly being replaced by high-density high rises. I tried to capture a little of this change by showing places where construction is taking place. All this charges goes forward as if the slowdown doesn't exist. Obviously, these changes reflect the plannning and financing from an earlier point when the real estate market was still robust...

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Lyrics | Nada Surf - If You Leave lyrics
From 10-26 My way home