Blowhard, Esq. writes:
When the guys at the office don’t care if we win or lose, I’m sent downtown to make court appearances. One of the perks of going — besides getting out of the office — is the chance to see L.A.’s new Grand Park.
Here’s a map of the project, with the arrow showing the location where this picture was taken.
Last time I was there I didn’t have enough time to take many pics, but when I get a chance I’ll put together a montage to give you a better sense of the area.
Blowhard, Esq.
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LOVE L.A. City Hall. Such a big, bold, exhilarating, stylish thing: Deco streamlined Greek, or something. Info about it. Anyway: reminds me of some of the great old cars. A Cord, maybe.
The park itself … Hmm, I’m getting up-to-date academic-civic not-too-offensive vibes from it. Which isn’t necessarily awful — it’s radiating “could be worse!” to me. But I don’t read maps and plans that proficiently. Eager to see your snapz of the place. They’ll make more sense to me than the map does.
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Re: city hall, it’s one of the essential noir buildings too, isn’t it? Every time I drive by, I can’t help but thing, “Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean…”
As for the park, only the first section, the part between the County Courthouse and Hall of Administration, is open. I think the other two parts are slated to open very soon, though. I’m curious to see how it’s gonna work with two major streets running right down the middle.
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Great building, makes me think of Jack Webb and martians.
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