Posted January 23, 200718 yr 2007 ColDay Series: Part 1: Los Angeles Parte Uno Part 2: Los Angeles Parte Dos Part 3: Boston Part 4: A New York City Interlude Part 5: Montreal Part 6: Cincinnati Part 7: Pittsburgh & Harrisburg Part 8: Philadelphia Part 9: Brooklyn, New York Part 10: Atlantic City, Baltimore, & Washington DC Part 11: Dayton Part 12: Sacramento to Santa Cruz Part 13: Big Sur to San Francisco Part 14: San Francisco Part 15: Berkeley & Oakland Part 16: Around The Globe Preview Part 17: London I Part 18: London II Part 19: Paris Partie Une Part 20: Paris Partie Deux Part 21: Paris Partie Trois Part 22: Nashville & Pittsburgh Part 23: Gritcinnati Part 24: Toronto Part 25: Akron & Cleveland Part 26: New York City: Part One Part 27: New York City: Part Two Part 28: New York City: Part Three Part 29: Hartford Part 30: Zürich Part 31: Lucerne & The Swiss Alps Part 32: Milan Part 33: Dallas Part 34: Detroit Part 35: Gary Part 36: Chicago Oh, Los Angeles. The Colossus of the West, indeed. Thank you to ChrisLA, BuckeyeNative001 (Gatorbitch), Broad&HighCMH, Segun, Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles, Del Taco, El Pollo Loco, The Jungle, the Art-Deco Wal*Mart, and the legendary Paradox## for a great trip. Oh, and Simone. That damn Simone. Two parts. Let's begin. Long Beach... East Los Angeles... Downtown... South-Central... Random... Back to Compton/Watts... Back to the downtown... Down the Wilshire thing... Rodeo Drive...and...Segun?!?! Like...Santa Monica...yeah... Goodbye, from...Santa Ana?!?!?!...for now... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 23, 200718 yr Its not fair to pose forumers in your shots (staged streetlife is a tisk tisk). The photos look great and I love the shots of Rodeo Drive...looks very sheek [/obvious]
January 24, 200718 yr wow! I've been waiting for an LA thread for a long time here. Wonderful, wonderful thread. This almost looks better than the real thing!
January 24, 200718 yr hey el ay cali-for-ni-a. wow, great work. yes, we are overdo for a los angeles thread, but the wait was worth it. :clap: ya know, they have almost perfected an urban suburbia out there. or something like that. ps--don't be all over the roscoe hype, he stole that chicken & waffles schtick working at well's. :wink: onward to part two....
January 29, 200718 yr Flew United. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 200718 yr Colday, over at SSC I have seen discussion on the African-American community in Los Angeles and how it is the West Coast capital for blacks. I was wondering, what would the "Harlem of L.A." be? I'm guessing maybe Leimert Park? p.s. what is the green line in the sky in the first pic?
March 19, 200718 yr Colday, over at SSC I have seen discussion on the African-American community in Los Angeles and how it is the West Coast capital for blacks. I was wondering, what would the "Harlem of L.A." be? I'm guessing maybe Leimert Park? p.s. what is the green line in the sky in the first pic? :roll: :roll: CDM is not the black spokesperson for UrbanOhio! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: LOL The movie/television industry is centrally located in LA, so that is why there is high concentration of blacks there. San Francisco & Seattle, Phoenix, San Diego are the west coast version of Boston. They all have a perception of being racist and unwelcoming to people of color. However, I would consider Ladera or Baldwin, as the black strongholds in Los Angeles. Yet I would shy away from saying it is "like" Harlem.
March 19, 200718 yr Yes, ColDay IS the Black Spokesperson for UrbanOhio. You're the Pseudo Rican Representative of East Cleveland. Stick with your title. Anywho... Colday, over at SSC I have seen discussion on the African-American community in Los Angeles and how it is the West Coast capital for blacks. I was wondering, what would the "Harlem of L.A." be? I'm guessing maybe Leimert Park? p.s. what is the green line in the sky in the first pic? Los Angeles is unique as it really doesn't have a "Harlem" area (though the areas near Central and Crenshaw were traditionally the "125th" and "Lennox's" of Los Angeles). Particularly Central was the jazz hub of Black Los Angeles, as it had numerous hotels for blacks to stay in (as many of the Hollywood and downtown hotels did not allow blacks to stay *hint* The Biltmore *hint*). Baldwin Hills has always been the premier "wealthy" area for blacks, though it's more of a Stone Mountain than a Harlem. Leimert Park was traditionally more for the artistic blacks (re: John Singleton) and while it shared similarities (generally) with Harlem, it was never on the level of "Harlem" or Shaw in DC. Ladera, Florence, and Baldwin have high concentrations of blacks but as MTS said, they really aren't "Harlems." Los Angeles simply has nodes of black activity yet never was cohesive within their own community. I'd personally argue that Oakland, as a whole, is the "Harlem of the West," as it has the Black Panther Movement, Huey P. Newton, East Oakland's numerous black theater organizations, etc. And the green streak in the sky is an airplane's movements through the air. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 200718 yr Wonderful photos. They prove that Los Angeles is a real city, not the impression I often would get from popular media.
March 19, 200718 yr Thank you MTS and Colday. I really find LA a fascinating place and hope to go to USC next year in the school of Policy, Planning, and Management, so I'm trying to figure out as much as I can about the place. Also, the reason I asked Colday was because he took the pictures...not because he is the black spokesman (though he is th HNIC)
March 19, 200718 yr Also, the reason I asked Colday was because he took the pictures...not because he is the black spokesman (though he is th HNIC) And don't you EVER forget that! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 200718 yr Yes, ColDay IS the Black Spokesperson for UrbanOhio. You're the Pseudo Rican Representative of East Cleveland. Stick with your title. Anywho... Love you too, boo! ya Asian-Latino-Indian-Black hell-yun, that nobody claims! PS its Lenox not Lennox! Damnit! Thank you MTS and Colday. I really find LA a fascinating place and hope to go to USC next year in the school of Policy, Planning, and Management, so I'm trying to figure out as much as I can about the place. Also, the reason I asked Colday was because he took the pictures...not because he is the black spokesman (though he is th HNIC) LA is like its own country. Everything and everywhere you go is disjointed and you must DRIVE everywhere. oh boy...he's trying to brainwashed you too, Edale....look away from the light!! Also, the reason I asked Colday was because he took the pictures...not because he is the black spokesman (though he is th HNIC) And don't you EVER forget that! Also, the reason I asked Colday was because he took the pictures...not because he is the black spokesman (though he is th HNIC) And don't you EVER forget that! Forget..Fast!
March 19, 200718 yr Love you too, boo! ya Asian-Latino-Indian-Black hell-yun, that nobody claims! PS its Lenox not Lennox! Damnit! You're Asian? And I used Lennox, Lenox, Limex, whatever. It's trash. LA is like its own country. Everything and everywhere you go is disjointed and you must DRIVE everywhere. oh boy...he's trying to brainwashed you too, Edale....look away from the light!! Edale, ignore the Clevelander. He's had too much snow up his ass lately. Forget..Fast! You couldn't, apparently. You quoted me twice. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 200718 yr LA is like its own country. Everything and everywhere you go is disjointed and you must DRIVE everywhere. Hey, I'll have you know I went to a Kings game Saturday night with my fiance and we took the SUBWAY.
March 19, 200718 yr LA is like its own country. Everything and everywhere you go is disjointed and you must DRIVE everywhere. Hey, I'll have you know I went to a Kings game Saturday night with my fiance and we took the SUBWAY. Six inch or foot long? that seven grain bread is awesome.
March 20, 200718 yr I love this shot...the mountains in the back drop, palm trees in the foreground. :clap:
March 20, 200718 yr I did summer seminars at USC this summer and this was basically the view from my dorm room. Was this taken from USC's campus?
March 21, 200718 yr ^Yes. From a parking garage across from Felix the Cat. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 21, 200718 yr Ah, I know where that is. I watched the 4th of July fireworks from up there. It's one hell of a view.
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