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We found this in the fashion district in Los Angeles. This time, I was looking up, instead of around back…
Los Angeles, California
photographed 4.15.2013
The night garage
Anyone who’s followed my blog for very long has probably seen shots of the desolation that is downtown Lubbock. Like here, or here, or here.
The other night, I was looking for something interesting to shoot, and after the Truckers Chapel at the truck stop didn’t work for a night shot (don’t fret: I’ll go back in the daytime and try again), I ended up downtown. I took some really marginal photos (don’t fret: I won’t make you look at them) and then, right before I was about to give up and come home, I saw this abandoned parking garage, which is adjacent to Lubbock’s ill-fated Omni Building. In the daytime, the place is uninteresting, but at night? It takes on a whole new look.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.13.2013
PS: Yes, I was in an abandoned parking garage on Friday the 13th. I’m pretty brave like that.
Communications beyond
We went to the Venice Beach Boardwalk, mostly because it was there. But also because it’s Famous! It’s Not To Be Missed! It’s the Number One Tourist Attraction! (I know all these things because their very own website told me.)
But, for better entertainment, you could read the reviews on Yelp. If you don’t have time, here are some convenient highlights:
* I still love visiting this mecca of strangeness and chaos.
* Crowded and funky, filled with tourists, transients hanging out/sleeping, people smoking “medical” marijuana, and people enjoying the beach.
* Stand near a hippie drum circle and try to catch a contact high.
* Just don’t equate the people you see there to everyone in this part of the state because we’re not all freaks. Some of us just like to go and watch them from time to time.
* Never again will I be coming back to the Sodom and Gomorrah of LA County.
* If you want a carnival-on-acid experience with all sorts of weirdness, come on down to Venice Beach.
Venice Beach, California
photographed 6.26.2013
How odd that this would have caught my attention
Well, look at what I found: rectangles.
In case you wondered – Charles von der Ahe was the founder of the Southern California grocery store chain, Vons, which was among the first stores to offer pre-packaged, self-service meat and deli items. (Vons was also the Official Grocery Store for the 1984 Summer Olympics, for whatever that’s worth.)
This building is on the campus of Loyola Marymount University; when you walk over to it from the visitor parking, a crossing guard will stop traffic for you. Which is sort of entertaining, since compared to the rest of Los Angeles, the campus has practically no traffic. But, still, we made it there and back without any car-pedestrian accidents to mess up the trip.
Los Angeles, California
photographed 6.27.2013
White on white, 10
On the top level of a parking garage along South Beverly Drive, I spotted this bit of graffiti. And a security camera. Or, perhaps more accurately, a “security” camera.
Beverly Hills, California
photographed 6.26.2013
One Day | One Image 