Tag: Los Angeles

September 28, 2012 /

GOOD NIGHT FROM UNION STATION

The interior courtyard at Union Station:

September 28, 2012 /

THE NITTY GRITTY UNION STATION

The shop yard – Union Station:

September 27, 2012 /

THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAIN TRAVEL – UNION STATION – LOS ANGELES

Get a shave: Buy a cigar: Have a meal at the Harvey House restaurant designed by Mary Colter:

September 21, 2012 /

LOCKHEED – BURBANK – WWII

I just have to say I saw Endeavour over Griffith Park Observatory and the cheers and the glory and size and the way it banked and tipped its wings and the two fighter planes aloft and escorting in the bright blue California sky – and the impact that this vessel…

Read the postLOCKHEED – BURBANK – WWII
September 21, 2012 /

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR RETIRES IN LOS ANGELES

Today the Space Shuttle, built by Rockwell International, arrives in Los Angeles and will be on exhibit at the California Science Center. Fly overs will include JPL in La Canada, Griffith Park Observatory, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Venice Beach, the Long Beach Aquarium, The Queen Mary, the Getty Museum, and Exposition…

Read the postSPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR RETIRES IN LOS ANGELES
September 17, 2012 /

MORE LLOYD WRIGHT

September 14, 2012 /

ARCHITECT RUDOLPH SCHINDLER – INT. VAN PATTEN HOUSE

I don’t want to post pictures of the exterior because it’s been modified, and quelle surprise, I don’t like it. But, this living room with furniture designed by the architect and lake views is fabulous.

September 11, 2012 /

LIZ TAYLOR WINS FOR “BUTTEFIELD 8”

April 18th, 1961 Elizabeth Taylor arrives at the Academy Awards in a gown designed by Dior with her husband Eddie Fisher: Best Actor to Burt Lancaster for “Elmer Gantry, and Best Actress to Elizabeth Taylor for “Butterfield 8”:

September 8, 2012 /

1963 AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

The year before The Beatles first came to town. Night at the Hollywood Bowl.

September 6, 2012 /

DELEGATE FROM LOS ANGELES SINCE 1952

Rosiland Wyman says she was born a Democrat, she was the youngest person ever elected to the city council and she has served as a delegate in every convention since 1952. Go Roz! Here she is in 1960 displaying her wardrobe for the convention – the year Kennedy was elected.