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Journey to Intelligentsia
I hate the place but I agreed to meet a friend who lives in Silver Lake down at the expensive, pretentious coffee house where there are many nice dogs and many mean people. It was a random Tuesday in Los Angeles. The 101 was packed with cars and trucks. But when I drove down Hollywood…
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Van Nuys: We Harley Knew Ye
Recently, a multi-family property, one lot west of Kester Street, came up for sale. And I saw it on Redfin. 14914 Sylvan Street was built by Mr. Leroy Dondelinger in 1954 and has a smart, Mid-20th Century modern look with solid brick, deep eaves and an angled roofline. There are multiple units on the property, making…
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Sept.20,1951: Car Collides with Pacific Electric Streetcar in Van Nuys.
From the time it was established in 1911, Van Nuys was connected to the rest of greater Los Angeles by the Pacific Electric Streetcars that ran up and down Van Nuys Boulevard and traversed Chandler Blvd. to connect to North Hollywood. The entire apparatus of light rail cars was dismantled by the late 1950s, and…
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Project 2028 and The Sepulveda Basin Fire Events.
2018 fire in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, Lake Balboa, CA. Project 2028: The Olympic Games in Los Angeles “In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places. The justices, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overturned…
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