Map: Plate 42, Baist's Atlas, Surveys of Los Angeles, G.W. Baist, 1912. (Click on map to enlarge.) Ten years later, the Asa Hu...
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Red Car Property Neighborhood: 1912
Map: Plate 42, Baist's Atlas, Surveys of Los Angeles, G.W. Baist, 1912. (Click on map to enlarge.) Ten years later, the Asa Hu...
State Route 2 Freeway Terminus Redesign: Community Meeting TONIGHT
Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 12, 2009. Stenciled art made from 4 months of exposure to particulate matter, 50' from the 2 Freeway...
Red Car Property: "Absolutely Essential To My Quality Of Life"
Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 22, 2009. Treasured open space. (Click on photo to enlarge.) Neighbors have been writing City Counc...
Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract: Dirt Blowing Across 2 Freeway Every Afternoon
Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 3, 2012. By 1PM, the winds pick up and I can taste the dirt blowing in my direction from the controversial 1...
2 Freeway Terminus Redesign: Community Meeting Tonight
Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 29, 2012, 9:05 AM. Traffic was light on the 2 Freeway, southbound; it was only backed up to the 5 Freeway....
Menlo Property: 212+ Grading Days*
Photo: Clarence Inman Collection, circa 1987. Grading for the Riverglen Apartments on Riverside Drive. (Click on photo to enlarge.) Accordin...
Air Quality Issues: Construction Sites
Photo: Jerome Courshon, March 9, 2012. (Click on photo to enlarge.) The DWP has moved onto Rockeby from Glendale Blvd. They're diggin...
Neighborhood Air Quality Issues On The Rise
Photo: Futterer, Holyland Exhibition, 1960. Grading for the 2 Freeway involved moving a lot of earth, as seen from the Holyland Exhibition ...
Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract: 2 Freeway Fill
Photo: Futterer, Holyland Exhibition 1960. When the 2 & 5 Freeways were under construction, large lots in the Semi Tropic Spiritualists...
2 & 5 Freeway Intersection: Hawkwatch
Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 26, 2011. The Red Tailed Hawks have been refurbishing their nest at the corner of Rosebud & Allesandro,...
City Council Redistricting: Speak Up Now Or We're Stuck For The Next 10 Years
Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 25, 2012. I knew I'd find a use for this photo. (Click on photo to enlarge.) The Draft City Council Re...
2 Freeway Onramp: Body Found, ID'd
Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 11, 2011, annotated today. Photo seen from the Silver Lake Court right-of-way near the Roselin Public Staircas...
Riverside Drive & Allesandro: Storm Drains Clogged With Debris, Rainfall Totals
Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 12, 2011. Light rain had the storm drains backed up yesterday by 10AM. (Click on photo to enlarge.) The C...
Riverside Drive: Paramount Pest Control, 1960
Photo: A. Futterer, Holyland Exhibition, 1960. The Paramount Pest Control building was one of the few to survive the eminent domain action ...
Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract: Dinosaurs Found
Photo: Lou McClean, 2005. Apatosaurus fossil found in this location: story in The Eastsider. (Click on photo to enlarge.) See also: Allosa...
Elysian Valley: Trouble Breathing?
Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 17, 2011, 7:28 AM. The polluted haze hanging above Elysian Valley and the LA River is most visible on dry c...
Elysian Valley: Metrolink Air & Noise Pollution
Between the 5 Freeway and the Metrolink maintenance yard, Elysian Valley lives under a constant assault of noise and air pollution. In a ...
Red Car Property: India Street Dumping Ground
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 10, 2011. The Red Car Property at India Street is so welcoming to dumpers when neighbors dump here too. (...
Red Car Property: View From The Top
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 8, 2011. When I climbed the hill above the historic viaduct footings to take photos of a hawk, I found my...
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