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!
LADOT offers a free – and highly utilized – sidewalk bike rack request program that allows any business owner or citizen to request bicycle racks for commercial areas. Getting a shiny new bike rack in a place that you requested can be a fulfilling experience. Find out how your request goes from request to rack below the fold.
The more you know!
“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.
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.
Progress Tracker – We pledged to end the 40 year deterioration of LA’s roads by re-doubling our efforts. Since 2005 we have increased pothole repairs by 150% and pavement preservation by 25%. There’s more work to be done but we’re taking important steps forward.
The piece explores the Garden Gateway program, CSU’s interactive workshops designed to empower South L.A. residents with the tools and know-how to grow their own healthy food. The monthly workshops often feature cooking segments as well, to give gardeners ideas about how to use the produce they grow. The program is currently on hiatus for the summer, but will pick up again in the fall.
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