Comments on: Archiving Angeles (AA): The Riots http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Moonlightlender http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-109610 Moonlightlender Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:51:00 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-109610 Do you still have that t-shirt, trying to get my hands on one..... Do you still have that t-shirt, trying to get my hands on one…..

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16475 frazgo Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:23:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16475 I remember the day well. Very strange to go out to lunch and come back to our office by the Van Nuys Airport and watch National Guard copters and planes arriving. Shortly there after told to avoid the 405-101 intersection as there was a sniper reported. From our place in the valley we could see "over the hill" the glow from the fires". The next day a tank was at Valley Plaza in the old May Co store lot. My office was closed. My wife went to work in the morning at her office in Pan City by the old mall and was home by 9AM as it was trashed during the night and then it was closed for the duration. We left that afternoon to go to Vegas and visit my folks for a few days. A couple of weeks later we were at Venice Beach and bought our commemorative t-shirts. "I survived the LA Riots" with the cartoon of a looter running with a TV on his shoulder. Bad times. I remember the day well. Very strange to go out to lunch and come back to our office by the Van Nuys Airport and watch National Guard copters and planes arriving. Shortly there after told to avoid the 405-101 intersection as there was a sniper reported.

From our place in the valley we could see “over the hill” the glow from the fires”.
The next day a tank was at Valley Plaza in the old May Co store lot. My office was closed. My wife went to work in the morning at her office in Pan City by the old mall and was home by 9AM as it was trashed during the night and then it was closed for the duration.

We left that afternoon to go to Vegas and visit my folks for a few days.

A couple of weeks later we were at Venice Beach and bought our commemorative t-shirts. “I survived the LA Riots” with the cartoon of a looter running with a TV on his shoulder.

Bad times.

]]> By: Osc http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16474 Osc Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:36:20 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16474 I was 7 and lived in the middle of Koreatown then. It was the first news event I remember. I spent all those days glued to the TV set watching the footage and could see thick smoke from my bedroom window (I was close to Vermont, near Wilshire). I was 7 and lived in the middle of Koreatown then. It was the first news event I remember. I spent all those days glued to the TV set watching the footage and could see thick smoke from my bedroom window (I was close to Vermont, near Wilshire).

]]> By: heatseeker http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16473 heatseeker Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:20:06 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16473 Man, that pic looks like it's from the 1965 version. I grew up on 118th and Avalon, I remember it like it was yesterday. I told a friend of mine at work the day the verdicts came down, "L.A.'s gonna burn tonight" I was just joking, I had no Ideal. Man, that pic looks like it’s from the 1965 version. I grew up on
118th and Avalon, I remember it like it was yesterday. I told a friend
of mine at work the day the verdicts came down, “L.A.’s gonna burn tonight” I was just joking, I had no Ideal.

]]> By: rodger http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16472 rodger Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:12:45 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16472 Jesus, this brings back unwelcome memories. I'd forgotten that the death toll was so high. Arakne, I think cooler heads will prevail in NYC. Jesus, this brings back unwelcome memories. I’d forgotten that the death toll was so high.

Arakne, I think cooler heads will prevail in NYC.

]]> By: arakne http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16471 arakne Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:07:41 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16471 Well with those cops getting acquitted this morning in New York for killing that unarmed man on his bachelor night - I have a bad feeling that history once again might be repeating itself in the near future. Well with those cops getting acquitted this morning in New York for killing that unarmed man on his bachelor night – I have a bad feeling that history once again might be repeating itself in the near future.

]]> By: militantangeleno http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16470 militantangeleno Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:01:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16470 Dude, the anniversary's only 4 days away, surely you could have waited to put this out on Tuesday. Dude, the anniversary’s only 4 days away, surely you could have waited to put this out on Tuesday.

]]> By: darleene http://blogging.la/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-16469 darleene Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:09:06 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-riots/#comment-16469 Wow. I remember this was the first event to make me think I wanted to be the one on the front lines witnessing what would become history. Wow. I remember this was the first event to make me think I wanted to be the one on the front lines witnessing what would become history.

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