Comments on: Freeway Fun http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: leona http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46195 leona Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:25:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46195 that thing about suddenly seeing something that's been there the whole time deserves its own word i think. i go on walks in an old landfill and the last time i suddenly noted these <i>bright</i> pink fibers popping out of the ground, looking thoroughly embedded, like they've been there at least since the winter, but i've never seen them before. how could i have missed that pink?! makes me consider some kind of delinquent brownies running around adding random things to the landscape to see if we're paying attention or something. i love these photos, especially the architectural details of hidden places. thanks for sharing them. that thing about suddenly seeing something that’s been there the whole time deserves its own word i think.
i go on walks in an old landfill and the last time i suddenly noted these bright pink fibers popping out of the ground, looking thoroughly embedded, like they’ve been there at least since the winter, but i’ve never seen them before.
how could i have missed that pink?!
makes me consider some kind of delinquent brownies running around adding random things to the landscape to see if we’re paying attention or something.

i love these photos, especially the architectural details of hidden places. thanks for sharing them.

]]> By: la-george http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46194 la-george Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:45:36 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46194 fix this caltrans this is a total nitemare!!! fix this caltrans this is a total nitemare!!!

]]> By: EL CHAVO! http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46193 EL CHAVO! Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:25:03 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46193 Thanks for the info Richard, I'd been wondering about that. As for the rest of you, maybe I'll see you on the freeway sometime! Thanks for the info Richard, I’d been wondering about that.
As for the rest of you, maybe I’ll see you on the freeway sometime!

]]> By: PainterWoman http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46192 PainterWoman Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:04:51 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46192 I haven't lived in Pasadena for 28 years, but your photos really took me back. I still have nightmares about being on the wrong freeway heading the wrong way and being in the wrong lane. (That Elysian Park Tunnel brought it all back.) Thanks for the memories, just the same. I haven’t lived in Pasadena for 28 years, but your photos really took me back. I still have nightmares about being on the wrong freeway heading the wrong way and being in the wrong lane. (That Elysian Park Tunnel brought it all back.) Thanks for the memories, just the same.

]]> By: Richard http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46191 Richard Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:30:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46191 "Porn for the architecture perverts." very funny, ha, ha. Incidently, the reason the walkway on the northbound side of the Pasadena Freeway just north of the Elysian Park Tunnel is there is because at one time, many generations ago, the northbound lanes of the Pasadena freeway going over the Los Angeles River was Figueroa Street. The Street Bridge was built in 1937 and connected Downtown L.A. to Lincoln Heights via Figueroa Street through the Figueroa Tunnels. Traffic went both ways through the tunnels and there was a sidewalk so that people could walk from Lincoln Heights to Elysian Park or even points beyond, like Chavez Ravine and Chinatown. The extension of the Pasadena Freeway to the four level brought an end to that as the the tunnels and the bridge over the L.A. River were taken over for the freeway's northbound lanes. “Porn for the architecture perverts.” very funny, ha, ha.

Incidently, the reason the walkway on the northbound side of the Pasadena Freeway just north of the Elysian Park Tunnel is there is because at one time, many generations ago, the northbound lanes of the Pasadena freeway going over the Los Angeles River was Figueroa Street. The Street Bridge was built in 1937 and connected Downtown L.A. to Lincoln Heights via Figueroa Street through the Figueroa Tunnels. Traffic went both ways through the tunnels and there was a sidewalk so that people could walk from Lincoln Heights to Elysian Park or even points beyond, like Chavez Ravine and Chinatown.

The extension of the Pasadena Freeway to the four level brought an end to that as the the tunnels and the bridge over the L.A. River were taken over for the freeway’s northbound lanes.

]]> By: Caroline http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46190 Caroline Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:55:05 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46190 Oh wow! I'm in Lincoln Heights a lot these days, and I look forward to trying out this walk. Oh wow! I’m in Lincoln Heights a lot these days, and I look forward to trying out this walk.

]]> By: Kathleen http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46189 Kathleen Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:19:58 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46189 I go past there all the time and never really paid those stairs any attention. Looks like fun! And kinda scary, what with the cars rushing by. I go past there all the time and never really paid those stairs any attention. Looks like fun! And kinda scary, what with the cars rushing by.

]]> By: LA City Nerd http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46188 LA City Nerd Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:33:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46188 Great photos. My suggestion would be a clean-up of those stairs to make them more inviting. Then, get CalTrans to fix their barrels. Things don't have to look crappy just because they're tucked away. Great photos. My suggestion would be a clean-up of those stairs to make them more inviting. Then, get CalTrans to fix their barrels. Things don’t have to look crappy just because they’re tucked away.

]]> By: db http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46187 db Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:46:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46187 Well done! I've been wanting to do this for years. You've provided a great impetus. Well done! I’ve been wanting to do this for years. You’ve provided a great impetus.

]]> By: Diego http://blogging.la/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-46186 Diego Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:20:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/03/25/freeway-fun/#comment-46186 I've noticed the stairs before! I've always wanted to go up the spiral staircase, but since I live far (in South Gate) and have no car, I can't go. I’ve noticed the stairs before! I’ve always wanted to go up the spiral staircase, but since I live far (in South Gate) and have no car, I can’t go.

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