JUST A quick post to turn your attention to the Vintage L.A. Facebook page. It's a treasure trove of long-looks backward at L.A. -- not so much in its innocence, but rather in its fast-foward display of persistent reincarnation. Maintained by another L.A.-booster, the page moderator encourages fans to contribute photos, scans, scrapbook ephemera from their personal collections. Images abound. It's fascinating looking at some of the landmarks that don't change, but the vast recasting of everything around them. (Check out Grauman's Chinese in the background of this picture.)
It's easy to get lost in a game of "so, what's there now?" So careful, while it's a great ride on old roads, back in time, it's definitely a time suck.
(photo via vintage l.a.)
L.G.
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