Echo Mountain

Downtown LA and the surrounding basin as seen from atop Echo Mtn.

The LA basin as seen from atop Echo Mtn.

Motorized drive wheels of the rails service pit for the old Mt. Lowe Railway.

Looking up at Inspiration Point from Echo Mtn.

San Gabriel Valley.  That is Mt. San Jacinto in the distance there to the left. 

    More pics of Echo Mtn.

Westminister Presbyterian Church.  Following the Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987, I worked with a small construction crew in October of that year repairing the damage to this church. Our task was not complicated or dangerous.  We worked mostly to replace tiles in the walls and pieces in the stained glass windows.  We also repaired the pewter frame of the windows.  But there was a father and son team that came into replace tiles on the roof the church.  The scaffolding, which reached all the way up to the ceiling, consisted of a top rail and a middle rail.  The dad stood with one foot on the middle rail, bracing his position, while putting his other foot on the top rail.  He still had to stretch his arm as he plastered the ceiling.  It was a spectacle.  The guy had remarkable balance and it was he who did the work to set the puddy and replace the tile.  All of us construction workers on the ground did move.  Our gaze was fixed on the man straddling the top rung of the scaffold, and then reaching up over his head to replace the tiles in the ceiling.  It was both nerve wracking and remarkable.

Charlotte & Las Tunas

Angeles Crest, Colby Canyon, and Buckhorn

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Just around the bend from Clear Creek Ranger Station on the drive home.

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Shot from Clear Creek Ranger Station.

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That's Angeles Crest Highway winding toward Clear Creek Ranger Station where Angeles Forest Highway joins it.  This shot is taken from Red Box.

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Colby Canyon

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This, and the following 5 shots below, is taken from a turnout off Hwy 2 just north of Upper Tujunga Canyon Road.  I tried to capture a silhouette of the ridge.

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Beyond that blue ridge at the far right, you can see a ridge farther in the distance.  That's the San Gabriel Mountain ridge above Duarte.  I need a better wide-angle lens.

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The tree at the bottom left obscures the cabin.  This shot is taken from a turnout on the west end of the Buckhorn campground off Angeles Crest Highway 2.

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Highway 2 near Buckhorn.  Newcomb's Ranch Restaurant and Bar is down the road a bit.

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Shot of Buckhorn . . . kind of.

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This is the best shot of the desert I got from Buckhorn today.

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Desert's a little hazy in the distance.

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I shot this at Red Box, the junction of Angeles Crest and Mt. Wilson Road, at about 4:20pm.  Red Box, the junction and canyon, are named for the large red box where fire fighting tools were stored in the early part of last century.

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I like how the ridges repeat in the distance.

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St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church in West Adams Section of Los Angeles

 I stopped in here once with my dad for Saturday confession.  It was a beautiful church.  I miss my dad terribly.  I hope that he is well.

 

Older Views of Downtown

Here is the original link.  It is a view of Los Angeles City Hall from Broadway and Temple Streets on October 4, 1912.  Open that link.  Click to enlarge and get a beautiful picture.  LA City Hall is in the background.  The building to the right of the hotel is the old courthouse building.  I am trying to figure out what that hotel or apartment house is.  Stay tuned.