LA Trip III

There's quite a bit of public art, writ large, around LA, like this example. Generally speaking, I prefer the murals around LA to the ones in the Bay Area, which tend to have a kitschy "community art" feel to them. 

Here's something about Los Angeles I can highly recommend, especially on warm and hot days. 

Though right around this time, I was noticing something that kind of sucks: hard to find a public bathroom, which I think has to do with the prevalence of the homeless, which is pretty pronounced here.

Downtown's got a funny vibe. There's some old buildings from around a hundred years ago or slightly older, just like in SF, Portland and Seattle. But these are juxtaposed to much more modern examples. I can't argue with Robin's assertion that downtown LA is creepy. One might think the film noir undercurrent is from a time long past, but then she told me a story about an Asian woman whose body was found in a water tank, and video footage was found of her frantically pushing elevator buttons in some downtown LA building.

Now this, on the other hand, is a marvel. 

More downtown. I can totally see The Terminator or Robocop showing up any minute. 

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These last two are the Gamble House, in the dark gloaming of the evening, in Pasadena.