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Olympic City: Sepulveda Boulevard
As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2028 Olympics the city has been busy being itself. On Sepulveda Boulevard, near Costco, the former home of Van Nuys Marble and Granite and the discarded wrapping of Fatburger present a colorful sight. Burned out for many months, this wreck has hosted the 2026 Los Angeles Fire Department…
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NW Corner of Victory and Sepulveda.
At the NW corner of Victory and Sepulveda you will find a discordant, cheap, ugly, billboard infested mini-mall, built in 1985. It houses a variety of businesses, and a lot of empty stores. It’s constructed in the ye-olde-Rural England vinyl and plastic style of the middle 1980s. This corner is among the busiest in the…
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Antidote for a Self-Destructive Time
One of the first places I remember visiting, when I moved here in 1994, was Will Rogers State Historic Park. I went on a hike with my television production company friends, up in the hills there, and there was a young woman named Justine who had a crush on me, and I liked her, but…
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New Year’s Day Walk Along the Sunset Strip.
For a good, but partial assessment of our city, state of well-being and homeland, I went with a friend for a mid-morning walk down the wet sidewalk of Sunset Strip on New Year’s Day 2026. The Strip has evolved into a digital billboard neighborhood attached to abstract modern structures with sharp angles and dark glasses.…
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Chasing Christmas Clouds: Part II
Mid-afternoon, on Christmas Day, we ventured up to North Hollywood, Sunland and Sun Valley to chase dark clouds. We first stopped at 7354 Coldwater Canyon Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91605. Here the railroad tracks and the industrial signs provided vivid contrast against the sky. We drove east, without GPS, exploring by looking outside. At Hansen…
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Chasing Christmas Clouds: Part 1
On Christmas Day, 2025, the second storm of three had passed and the rains were no more. We went out for an early morning walk on our street where the palm fronds littered the road. On other streets the light was cinematic, filtered through the clouds, casting golden hues on banal buildings, arranged through heavenly…
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