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A Proposal to Build Angels Stadium in Van Nuys
In December 1960, the Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce thought it would be a grand idea to have the recently conceived American League LA Angels play in a brand new stadium constructed right in Woodley Park Van Nuys. In the heart of flood basin. But conveniently located next to the 405 and the 101. They…
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Paris in Van Nuys: 1958.
“Photograph caption dated April 2, 1958 reads “George Fenneman, new honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks, center, places ‘Montmarte’ sign at Van Nuys and Ventura boulevards to create Paris atmosphere for community’s April in Paris Festival. Assisting him are, from left, Allen Rabinoff, Wilma Posen, Lylis Mason and Ted Levey.” Cruel joke still unfunny 64 years…
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Small Minds
For 22 years I’ve had front row seats to the shit show that is Van Nuys. I moved here in 2000 and started this blog in 2006. My purpose: to apply creative writing and photography to the realities around me. I walked around and photographed Van Nuys, from the alleys to the houses to the…
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Toluca Lake and Sherman Oaks in 1948
This is a 1948 colorized video, most likely filmed by a movie studio for projection background footage “process shots” in automobile scenes. It was shot in Toluca Lake and Sherman Oaks. Toluca Lake was the most comely, gracious and affluent neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, handily nearby Warner Brothers, Universal and Disney studios. Driving…
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Vote NO on Propositions 26 and 27
The following has been reprinted from the LA TIMES, September 11, 2022. “ELECTION 2022; Vote no on Propositions 26 and 27; California doesn’t need the massive expansion of gambling under either proposition. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that states can allow sports betting, legal gambling has exploded across America — leaving some…
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A Love Affair with Reseda Boulevard.
For a while I’ve had a photographer’s love affair with Reseda Boulevard. It’s bright, toxic, saturated, crowded. There are signs in every language on Earth: Thai, Farsi, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic. There’s shit food every five feet: Domino’s, donuts, Arby’s, KFC. You can buy anything a car or human might consume. Everything looks unlicensed,…
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