Articles from Joe

Long Time Gone

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

Los Angeles Courtyards

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA
Monday, September 9th, 2002

Second Try for the Picture of Union Station in Los Angeles

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, June 20th, 2002

Union Station:

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, June 19th, 2002

1986 Was the Year I Left Los Angeles

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, June 15th, 2002

Long Time Gone

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA

These three Victorian houses once overlooked downtown Los Angeles from a position on Bunker Hill. Though they survived into my lifetime, I have no memory of them. All I can recall on that stretch of the east side of the 300 block of south Olive Street is a parking lot. They were quite splendid, still, in this 1960 photograph. Their site today is occupied by the large development to which the Angel's Flight funicular railway was moved a number of years ago. In fact, if the house on the right were still there, the top of the railway (formerly about...

Los Angeles Courtyards

author: Joe : Los Angeles, CA

There is something inviting about a courtyard. Whether it is enclosed by a building or partly open to a larger space, whether it is a quiet refuge or bustling and noisy, a courtyard can create a pleasing sense of place. The best of them are able to slow the steps of the hurried passerby, encourage lingering, and make you take notice of your surroundings. The first of these courtyards is tucked into the northeast corner of Union Station in Los Angeles. This quiet, grassy space is difficult to spot from inside the building, even though it is only a few steps...