A team of ostriches pulls a man on a cart at the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm near Lincoln Park, ca. 1900.
Part of the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Colin Rich and Public Star Pictures have released a breathtaking look of downtown Los Angeles in this three minute video on Vimeo:
‘Nightfall’ is a three minute tour of light through the City of Angels.
I shot “Nightfall” in an attempt to capture Los Angeles as it transitioned from day to night. As you probably know, LA is an expansive city so shooting it from many different angles was critical. Usually I was able to capture just one shot per day with a lot of driving, exploring, and scouting in between but the times sitting in traffic or a “sketchy” neighborhood often lead to new adventures and interesting places.
Nightfall in particular is my favorite time to shoot time lapse. Capturing the transition from day to night while looking back at the city as the purple shadow of Earth envelopes the eastern skyline and the warm distant twinkling halogen lights spark to life and give the fading sun a run for her money- this will never grow old or boring to me.
In this piece, it was important to me for the shots to both capture and accentuate the movement of light through the day and night and the use of multiple motion control techniques allowed me to do so.
I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa demonstrates exercise equipment at the newly-opened McKinley Avenue Park in South Los Angeles. The Mayor announced his new “50 Parks Initiative” this morning - story at L.A. Streetsblog here!
Renderings for Bike Nation’s set-up in Long Beach. Bike Nation announced on Wednesday their plans to introduce the first bike sharing program in Long Beach.
Read the story here, as well as LA Streetsblog’s coverage here.
Saturday, Mom and I went to Jack London Square in Oakland for Pedalfest. Epic! First up was the Whiskey Drome, a wooden-slat velodrome like the olden days. I can’t wait to learn about physics, so I can understand how those cyclists managed to stay on their bikes!
Next we spotted a booth that, according to Mom, combines two things that make her and Dad very, very happy: The Bicycle Coffee Company. Not only do they roast their beans (natch!), they deliver their delectable product via — you guessed it! — bicycle!
Other sightings:
- A bicycle aerialist who contorted herself around and through a suspended, gyrating cruiser bike
- A pedal-powered music stage (check out Rock the Bike!)
- Bicycle rodeo where you hop on a bike and circle ‘round
- Stunt jumpers (see forthcoming post)
All-in-all, a glorious day surrounded by bike-minded people!
“I recently switched from Android to iPhone and was very disappointed to learn that the Maps app doesn’t do bike directions. I downloaded one app that claims to do so, but it isn’t especially good. Is there a good app already out there? Or is there some way the livable streets community could get involved with some app developer to make an excellent one?”
Asked by Kenny Easwaran over on LA Streetsblog. Anyone have any suggestions for him?
By Friday, the Los Angeles City Council could give the green light to four “pilot” parklets. Parklets are miniature open space projects where one or more parking spaces are converted into a small park right on the city streets. The four parks being considered include two parklets on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles, the York Boulevard Street Porch in Northeast L.A. and the El Sereno Street Plaza.
The new Expo Line Culver City Station signs, installed recently, have been destroyed by a fire. They were also covered in tagging. The cause of the fire remains to be determined.
“It took months to put the signs up, but only a couple of days to destroy them,” said Gökhan Esirgen, who provided the photo.
All right, Lite followers. It’s been a fun summer here, working on Streetsblog Lite, but alas, my time as its editor is drawing to a close as I head back to Smith College for the year. As such, Streetsblog Lite needs a new editor!
If you’re interested in taking over, you should definitely think about applying. Ideally, you’ll be comfortable with social media (tumblr specifically), knowledgeable about biking/transportation/planning issues, and able to work pretty independently. Streetsblog can’t pay, unfortunately, but it’s excellent experience for students, and we’re willing to help with other projects or talk about earning college credits (always a plus.)
Interested? Contact Damien Newton, LA Streetsblog’s editor, at damien@streetsblog.org to have a chat. I can’t recommend this position enough, I’ve had a great time and learned a lot! More info can be found here. And of course, I’m happy to answer any questions you might have.
- Veronica Hernandez, your soon-to-be-former Editor.
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