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mSeattle · #1 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 1:29 AM**

I had an opportunity to visit part of the great LA Megaplex earlier this month. It was my first time since my last visit MANY moons ago.
This is not a mSeattle postcard tourism thread as I snapped what I could on the go (family events).
Anyway, I hope the home crowd and visitor alike are happy.

On the way to LA...

L.A. International Airport

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LAX

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L.A. Freeway

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You're on your own, finding song titles to match up with the rest of these pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ut_Los_Angeles

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I went without a car for like 12 hours or so, most of that for a good night's sleep. This is the next day.

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I'm actually in South Bay

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Waiting on this #40 bus to catch the train.

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Peeking behind the set.

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Off the bus and waiting for the train. (Hawthorne/Lennox Station)

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Someone else's train.

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Thankfully my stop was open. The next four stops were closed for work.

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Back at LAX to get the Zipcar.

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Let's just give thanks for Zipcar right now. That's the city of LAX in the back I think.

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Clouds followed me

But "mSeattle can't quit"

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The #210 bus

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Old school Lakers Fans hearts palpitate.

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More pics later.

mSeattle · #2 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 5:15 AM**

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One of the many business hubs that make up the Megaplex.

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Went bumpin' too far down La Brea.

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But I think I found the Baldwin Hills on my own.

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My very first time driving on the "Crazy L.A. Freeways". Not bad.

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More pics later...

mhays · #3 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 5:31 AM**

Great photos. Definitely an interesting look at a city I don't know very well.

ColDayMan · #4 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 5:32 AM**

Looooooove this.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #5 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 7:13 AM**

Dare I say that this is the first south LA photo thread on ssp, or at least the first in 5 or so years?

destroycreate · #6 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 3:32 PM**

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8616/...792eeaa5_b.jpg

Such a pretty time of the year in Southern California, when the hills turn from brown to a bright green. Wish it stayed that way all year.

Cool thread, definitely in interesting choice of locations for LA that we don't typically see.

dc_denizen · #7 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 4:52 PM**

like nightcrawler, but in the daylight! cool pics.

Tom Servo · #8 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 6:59 PM**

Quote:

This is great!

xzmattzx · #9 Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 7:30 PM**

Nice pictures!

mSeattle · #10 Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 3:02 AM**

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The last night. So much more I want to see.

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Leo the Dog · #11 Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 3:55 PM**

Love the freeway pics.

Southern California's old freeway segments are fascinating. These would never be built with today's regulations and safety standards.

DistrictDirt · #12 Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 6:12 PM**

Nice pics! Glad you made it to DTLA and Koreatown. 3/4 way down the thread I was beginning to think you never made it out of South LA!

Danny · #13 Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 4:57 PM**

Great long thread! Thanks for sharing! L.A. is so great!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.

Freeway · #14 Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 7:55 PM**

It's very nice to finally see a thread that features areas off the beaten path. So many threads on SSP feature the same locations in LA that are just shot from different angles and with different filters. It is nice to get some photos of what a lot of LA looks like outside of the popular areas.

mSeattle · #15 Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 9:23 PM**

My Zipcar was soon to become a "pumpkin". Should I turn it in and just hunker down at the hotel all night?
Of course not! Any diehard "whole city" photographer would lose sleep to snap more shots. The car was exchange.
However, the night/marine layer/fog challenged, "Let's see what your tripodless, point-n-clicking self can do."

Point-N-Click

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They have some blockbuster names for churches!

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I'm sure glad that I haven't completely bored everyone whith this thread.
I'll wrap it up in the next set.

Nineties Flava · #16 Posted **Feb 21, 2015, 4:31 PM**

Great thread, you did a good job capturing different angles of LA.

mSeattle · #17 Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 9:02 PM**

Thanks, everyone for your comments!
I did in fact want to see and photograph areas that seemed "off the strip."
But I also wanted explore some kind of everyday soulful L.A. as best I could, given the limits that were on me.

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The church names!

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Breathe

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Is this the Rose Bowl stadium?

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Forgive me for all of the forum rules and etiquette that I may have broken with all the previous and these added pictures.
I did not want to have some of them (and the visual/experiential impact) "lost" by placing them into part 2, 3, etc. threads.

mSeattle · #18 Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 9:03 PM**

This is it!(unless it is not)
I was "Born near East L.A.!"

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L o s A n g e l e s

Until next time, my dear.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #19 Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 2:09 AM**

Excellent job!

That was the Coliseum at Expo Park (host of 2 olympic games, USC football and many historic events. Seating capacity is roughly 93,500)

The Rose Bowl is in Pasadena, which is roughly 10 miles from where you were.

Eightball · #20 Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 10:35 PM**

Great thread, la has such a diversity of buildings and streetscapes