Friday night, the entire route of the 30th Los Angeles Marathon was to be lit up by searchlights
to advertise the event and as a reminder of where roads would be closed for today's marathon.
This is a rendering of how that might look.
NBC Los Angeles
I was out Friday night, but I didn't see this happening and haven't seen any actual
photos of this as yet.
Unlike other cities, the Los Angeles Marathon has altered the route each year a bit.
This year it began at Dodger Stadium and started a half-hour earlier as a response
to the 93 degree temperatures predicted for today.
Getty Images
This is the view from Dodger Stadium in 1877, known as Mount Lookout, as drawn by an artist named Eli Sheldon Glover Full article
HERE.
The Daily Star
The Daily Star reported:
The drawing was executed from a point which presents a beautiful view of Los Angeles proper and the delightful and growing suburbs of East and West Los Angeles [present-day Lincoln Heights and University Park, respectively].
On the whole, it presents a truthful picture of the city looking south from the hill north of town, with the ocean and intervening objects in clear perspective.
Mt. Lookout overlooking "Sonoratown" in 1892.
USC Libraries
The Downtown Los Angeles skyline as seen from Mount Lookout in 1951.
USC Libraries - Los Angeles Examiner Collection
Though Dodger Stadium's construction eventually shaved some elevation off its summit, the truncated hill remains one of the best places to gaze at the downtown Los Angeles skyline. [...]
Dodger fans -- Instagram users or otherwise -- can stand outside the top deck and recall the Herald's description of the site: "a beautiful mount of vision for those who delight in scenes of beauty."
at "blue hour"...
And speaking of Instagram, the latest list of 2014's most geotagged locations on Instagram photos:
1. Disneyland, Anaheim, CA
2. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
3. Times Square, New York, NY
4. Siam Paragon shopping mall, Bangkok, Thailand
5. Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia
6. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
7. Red Square, Moscow, Russia
8. Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
9. Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
10. The Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
http://www.laobserved.com/archive/20...es_more_gl.php