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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 – Don't Look Up

Just for the fun of it, some wall studies at Wilshire and Western – and yes, Los Angeles can keep you thoroughly disoriented.  Don't look up.

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A mysterious and disorienting apartment building on Saint Andrew Place, just north of Wilshire Boulevard –

A mysterious and disorienting apartment building on Saint Andrew Place, just north of Wilshire Boulevard
A mysterious and disorienting apartment building on Saint Andrew Place, just north of Wilshire Boulevard
A mysterious and disorienting apartment building on Saint Andrew Place, just north of Wilshire Boulevard
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The green terra cotta Wiltern Theater at Wilshire and Western, from 1931 (Stiles O. Clements) –

The green terra cotta Wiltern Theater at Wilshire and Western, from 1931 (Stiles O. Clements)
The green terra cotta Wiltern Theater at Wilshire and Western, from 1931 (Stiles O. Clements)

The Wilshire Professional Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929 –

The Wilshire Professional Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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