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Down the block, how the sunset looked in the wall of the Directors Guild of America -
A helicopter passes over the Sunset Strip, on its way to the fires out east -
Photos Copyright © 2006 - Phillip Raines
What is a register maple? Where does it fit?| Maple Species Native to the United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species Common Name | Species Scientific Name | General Geographic Distribution |
| Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | Northeast United States and Southern Canada |
| Black Maple | Acer nigrum | Northeast United States and Southeast Canada |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | Eastern United States and Southeast Canada |
| Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | Eastern United States and Southeast Canada |
| Boxelder | Acer negundo | Eastern and Central United States and Canada |
| Mountain Maple | Acer spicatum | Northeast United States and Southeast Canada |
| Striped Maple | Acer pensylvanicum | Northeast United States and Southeast Canada |
| Bigleaf Maple | Acer macrophyllum | Pacific Coast United States and Canada |
| Chalk Maple | Acer leucoderme | Southeast United States |
| Canyon Maple | Acer grandidentatum | U.S. Rocky Mountains |
| Rocky Mountain Maple | Acer glabrum | Western United States |
| Vine Maple | Acer circinatum | Pacific Coast of United States and Canada |
| Florida Maple | Acer barbatum | Southeast United States Coastal Plain and Piedmont |
In last weekend's Just Above Sunset, Our Man in Paris, Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis, told us of the odd Russian submarine in the middle of Paris, with pictures and everything. It was just sitting in the round pond at the Tuileries gardens - really. Click on the link for more information on our sub. You'll find a full photo tour in this weekend's Just Above Sunset, which should be online Sunday morning.
Long Beach, through the sub's periscope -
Things were different in the thirties. The Great Depression had everyone turning to the government to help them survive. And the government responded with public works projects - the WPA and all. That meant roads, dams, all sorts of public buildings. If the economy was in the weeds, you could put people to work building things. Building out the infrastructure would do nicely. And it worked - people had jobs and the nation got what was needed to move the country dramatically forward.
The public buildings that went up at the time reflected the "we're all in this together" ethos in their Moderne style, and "the government is good" detailing. And they pointed toward a better future. Neoclassicism, Gothic, Arts and Crafts and Baroque all pointed backward to an earlier age, some romanticized vision of a more comforting past - and there was much of that built out here in Hollywood. That's what much of the movie industry was about. You see it in the elaborate movie palaces. But with the public works buildings there was no looking backward.
There's an example hidden in the middle of Hollywood - the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Station Ten on Hawthorn Avenue, a tiny side street just southeast of the Hollywood and Highland complex with its new Kodak Theater for the Oscars. It's an anonymous classic from a time long ago, now entirely out of place - no glitz, no nostalgia, nothing sly and clever, and certainly no cynicism about the future.
Things were different then.
