Showing posts with label 5 Frwy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Frwy. Show all posts

Red Car Property Neighborhood: 1912

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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"

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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*

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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?

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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

thumbnail 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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