REMEMBERING RUDY

"Aspiration" a statue of silent movie actor Rudolph Valentino was sculpted by Roger Noble Burnham and erected in DeLongpre Park in Hollywood on May 5, 1930

The inscription on the base of "Aspiration" 

In 1979, another statue dedicated to Rudolph Valentino was erected in the park,
this time a bust sculptured by Richard Ellis

For an interesting (if not downright bizarre) history of the park and these statues, visit Hollywoodland

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

 Throughout the summer of 2018, various locations around Hollywood were transformed into the summer of 1969 for director Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."  Here the Paramount studios on Melrose display posters for 1969 movie releases.

Am I Blue?

On October 20, 2017, various buildings and fountains throughout Los Angeles were bathed in blue light in honor of the Los Angeles Dodgers being in the World Series (first time since 1988).

The Dodger ultimately lost to the Houston Astros, but for a time the City of Angels was feeling Blue

Los Angeles City Hall

Downtown Fountains

OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB

 The Jeremy Hotel in West Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. at La Cienega is joined by a web-like, netting art installation by Janet Echelman titled "Dream Weaver."  At night the 10-story fiber structure is lit by multicolored LED lights.

WINGING IT

Giant paper airplanes in Downtown Los Angeles' Grand Park 

Mesh-fabric paper airplanes serve as a shade structure in the Olive Court area overlooking City Hall

The winning choice in a design competition, the 11 enormous paper airplanes are the work of 

Elenita Torres and Dean Sheriff, and were unveiled in the park in September of 2016

ABANDON ALL HOPE (if you have a dog)

Entrance to Grand Hope Park in Downtown Los Angeles. The pleasant, no dogs allowed park is situated between Hope and Grand Streets in front of  FIDM (The Fashion Institute of Fashion and Merchandising). 

WELCOME TO THE THEATER

The Hollywood Palladium Theater- Sunset Blvd.  Built in 1940

The Tower Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. 

Built in 1927, the site of the premiere of "The Jazz Singer" that same year

HOSTESSES WITH THE MOSTEST

The Galaxy Club in Downtown, Los Angeles. 100 Beautiful Girls 

GOIN' DOWNTOWN

Just a few of the sights seen during a walk through downtown Los Angeles.

IT SPEAKS VOLUMES

 The Los Angeles Public Library building in downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1926

Happy Chef

Image of self-satisfied, vaguely smug chef of indeterminate sex adorning a downtown Los Angeles eatery

Walt Disney Meets Clark Kent

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles
Deconstructivist architecture bu Frank Gehry

Los Angeles City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles
Exterior used as the Daily Planet on the Superman TV show (in all but the first season)

Angels Flight

Angels Flight Railway in the Bunker Hill District of Downtown Los Angeles

View of the tracks from inside the car as it climbs the hill towards Olive Street

  

Artistically Reclined

Statues representing Architecture and Sculpture grace the entrance of a building on 7th street in downtown Los Angeles