I went to LA for the second time in 2006, and visited a bit with my friend Janice, who moved down there a few years ago. Yvon then joined me, and together we explored the city a bit more. Though LA has a bad reputation among urban enthusiasts, I was pleasantly surprised at how walkable many neighbourhoods were (once you'd driven there, generally) and how much I actually like the city. Janice said it best, it's a very random place, a button store sitting next to a car dealership sitting next to an office tower, sitting next to an industrial building. Yet, it has it's moments of exuberance, particularly in the optimistic and sunny architecture that abounds.
Photo List (Total 163 Photos)
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Downtown LA (59 photos) - How unfortunate for LA that it's downtown is far from the coast, at the intersection of nothing and nothing. Lots of great buildings here, and so much promise, but when you look at the floors above the street level, most seem to be largely abandoned. Photos here of skyscrapers, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the CalTrans building, Pershing Square, and a few transit shots.
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Other Los Angeles (76 photos) - Photos of various other parts of the city, and buildings that I sought out to visit. Includes views of the Fairfax area where I stayed with my friend Janice, a drive around Mulholland Drive, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, churches and subway shots. No beach pics.
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Getty Center (28 photos) - Yvon and I went to the Getty Center, which is more interesting for being a modernist complex of buildings, than for the art it contains. Who, though, could complain about such a thoughtful and coherent assemblage of buildings?
