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11 Ideas to Improve Van Nuys.
For almost twenty years I’ve made a home in Van Nuys, CA. And since 2006, I have published this blog: walking, photographing and writing about a peculiarly blessed, and unjustly afflicted section of Los Angeles. Here are some 11 ideas that I am proposing to better Van Nuys, especially Van Nuys Boulevard: Create Walkable, Garden…
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Dima Otvertchenko’s Blue Hour Photographs
But at dusk, near sundown, the Blue Hour appears. And photographer Dima Otvertchenko, a New Jersey raised shooter living in North Hollywood, has a particular sensitivity and artistry in capturing our valley after the sun has gone below horizon.
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The Van Nuys State Office Building
The Van Nuys State Office Building is that 4-story, yellow and green building on the east side of Van Nuys Boulevard right on the corner of Calvert. It has strips of windows, and a long, blank wall that fronts Van Nuys Boulevard, ensuring that no retail activity will ever enliven its frontage. What is the…
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Vintage Car Washing: Los Angeles, CA.
The care, the compassion, the concern; the love, the affection, the authentic empathy for the automobile knows no bounds in Los Angeles. For here, the health and well-being of the car is of utmost concern to every red-blooded man, woman and child. In our city, a neglected, dirty, abused, uncared for car is truly a…
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Van Nuys at Dusk: July 2, 2018.
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The Return of Light Rail
For the future we now return to the past. The black and white photos all show how Van Nuys Bl. looked in the period from 1911-1957. Yesterday there was announcement from Metro. Metro will build a 9-mile-long light rail down the center of Van Nuys Boulevard, stretching from Sylmar to the Orange Line Van…






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