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A Once Neat City.
The California Historical Society has a fine website with old photographs of Los Angeles. The Anton Wagner Collection is especially notable for its images of our city in the 1930s. The Great Depression was in full swing and Los Angeles was a place where people also struggled to make a living, even though photographs show…
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I Don’t Care About Your Identity….
May 13, 2019 Someone recently was very excited because there is a new slate of young, female, diverse people who are running for the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council. She is one of the contestants and wanted some input on what I thought about the VNNC. I rolled my eyes. Nothing good has ever, ever come…
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Clearing Up a Photo Mystery
I found a DWP Collection photo from the 1920s that shows the Van Nuys office of “Wagner-Thoreson Co.” (a realty company) and a nattily attired man standing in front. In the background is an estate on a large piece of land. A signpost reads: “Sherman Way” and “Lane St.” The photo had some information underneath which…
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A Twelve-Acre Parking Lot
When the Metro Orange Line opened in October 2005, it was a stunningly different type of transport system which combined a bus only road with a landscaped bike path that ran alongside. It cost about $325 million. It connected North Hollywood with Woodland Hills, and eventually carried over 30,000 riders a day. Since 2015, due…
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Six Decades Ago Along Sepulveda Bl. in Van Nuys.
Six decades or more along Sepulveda Bl in Van Nuys, life was very different than today. People conducted all their daily activities, from work to shopping, in automobiles. They were frustrated by traffic, and there were many accidents. This started early in the morning, before sunrise, and continued long after dark, in a slow, honking,…
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