Friday, December 25, 2009

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Golden

LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne wrote an interesting piece on the expanding transit network in Los Angeles.  Citing the pessimistic view of most towards Southern California's hopes and objections to building a cohesive transit network, he looks at the pending opening of the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Sunday!) and the transformative nature of projects like it:

The real significance of the stations' debut on Sunday flows from the fact that with every substantial extension of the rail and subway network, another piece of the future Los Angeles comes startlingly into focus. More transit means more pedestrians, more people who pay attention to the shape and design of the city up close. That, in turn, means a growing constituency for shared space in Los Angeles and new interest in our long-neglected streetscapes and public sphere.

To put it another way: Transit and the life of the street are inextricably intertwined, and a boost to one is almost always a boost to the other.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Ode to a Billy Goat

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There once was a Billy Goat named Gene
Who lived in a time machine
But it whirred real fast
And flung him to the past
And he never again was seen

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Back in the USSR

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Recently rediscovered in my boxes of junk, I purchased these while in the Czech Republic a few years ago, where Angela and I wandered into an antique shop in the "Art Nouveau" district of Prague. Full of the typical antiques and curiosities, it was also full of boxes and boxes of old Soviet era trade union pins being sold for cents apiece. It was hard to find repeats in the thousands of pins, and each design was unique and beautiful, sometimes identifiable to the trade but most mysterious acronyms or illegible (to me) czech.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Friday, September 25, 2009

HBLM!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI MARMOLEJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Timeline

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What Would Donald Judd Do?

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Someone needs to find these and guerrilla attack Josh's truck's bumper!

seen on Ready for the House
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Friday, September 11, 2009

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En Memoriam +8

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Dumbbox Display

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Here, classic produce packing boxes are recreated in fresh wood and used as a very simple means of display. Their simplicity belies a certain versatility, and their lack of handles keeps them off the farm.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Waffle My <3

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Waffles are great, Norwegian waffles are greater. Heart waffles are a tradition in my family, a Norwegian tradition brought out on special occasions for breakfast or dessert (don't all great foods fit these two categories?) . The waffles are thin and can be served like other waffles, with syrup and butter, but are best with a little butter and a lot of raspberry jam. A while back, my mom's heart waffler started leaving it's crunchy nonstick blackness on the waffles, and got tossed out in a fit of anti Teflon-eating fury. Finally a new heart waffler has entered our lives, and the joy of waffles anytime is again upon us!

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

California From Above

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1. Sidewise view of greater LA/OC showing Palos Verdes in the foreground with (from left) Mt. San Antonio and Mt. Harwood, Anderson Peak, San Gorgonio Mountain, San Jacinto Peak, Modjeska and Santiago Peaks (aka Saddleback mountain).

2. View after takeoff showing the bay and SFO to Pacifica and PCH (lower left).

3. The bay, creeping fog and the Crystal Springs Reservoirs.

4. View over San Luis Obispo to the Sierras.

5. Landing approach showing the Pacific coast from Bolsa Chica to Long Beach.

6. Former Pacific Electric right of way cutting through the sprawl.

7. Saddleback and the Tustin MCAS airship hangars. Landing.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Garbage

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By Amy Mahnick

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

Memphis, Tennessee

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By Wiliam Eggleston

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Friday, August 14, 2009