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Old Posted May 17, 2016, 1:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post

'mystery' location.

Is this some sort of itinerant circus troupe?


http://www.icons21.com/htm/artist/mitch-epstein-169

"Santa Monica, California 1974." by Mitch Epstein

I can't quite figure out just where in Santa Monica this photograph was taken.
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Originally Posted by TracedogsLA View Post

The buildings in the distance on the right is the RAND Corporation complex on Pacific Ave. The buildings on the left was, if I remember correctly, part of a motel complex. This was a little park area on the beach. Behind the photographer would have been the bike path and beyond that a very wide stretch of sand. The Santa Monica Beach was VERY wide at this location, just south of the Santa Monica Pier.
Here's a higher view from two years earlier. The white Holiday Inn building can be seen at the center of the background in e_r's picture.


Detail of image at californiacoastline.org

The zig-zag building with the orange stripes survived until about 10 years ago. The site, including its parking lot, is now Tongva Park. Note where Hot Dog on a Sticks is labeled below. Their red and white sign, which just says "Hot Dog Stick", can be seen behind the head of the man with the red headband in e_r's picture. It still looks the same today.


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