Making Paper with Victor

213 S. Spring Street

Tony Sheets, 1988

Another day of jury duty, I wandered about the Central City area again...

3rd Street between Spring and Main

Eloy Torrez

Mural: The big O in L.A.

I'm on jury duty in Downtown this week, and whenever I get free parking in DTLA I make it a point to explore. I found this here Olympic mural in a little parking lot on Broadway, between 2nd and 3rd Streets.  Did you know "olympic" is a copyrighted word? Anyway, this is from the 1984 summer sports games (that's a term you can use instead of the big O word) that took place right here in the damn fine City of Angels. What a beautiful mural! I tried to get close-ups of my favorite bits: The coliseum. Los Mexicanos. Check out the amazing nude male and female forms in the center. The 80s sho did know how to make a damn good mural. Too bad a lot of the 80s era murals in L.A. Have been tagged over or and/or ghosted completely. I'm happy I found this one before any more damage can be done. Enjoy. 

You Give Love a Bad Name

Stump on Cloverdale near Wilshire 

Giants Live Here: Giant chair at L.A. Mart

Evidence that giants really do live in L.A.: A giant chair in the L.A. Mart parking lot. I guess they like fashion, too. 

January 16, 2014

Colby Fire smoke creeping up on Downtown L.A.

Night Sky Over the Miracle Mile

January 17, 2014

Crazy night sky over the Miracle Mile

New Parking Signs for LA?

Here's an article on Wired about LA considering a new design for parking signs. I think they're still confusing, but hey, it's worth a shot. 
Photo: Nikki Sylianteng via Wired.com