If you plan on getting anywhere in Los Angeles, you’ll need
directions. We tend to give them here in a string of street names.
Where are you coming from to where you’ll end up, with as many
little short cuts and we’re comfortable with, given the time of day.
And with the traffic here, it isn’t the distance you’re traveling, it’s the
time of day.
The images in the book are arranged as if you were driving through
the city. If you wanted, say, to take the tour of the book, passing
each of the locations where the negatives were exposed, with the
understanding that some of the tree’s are already gone, here’s what
you’d do:
For the color photographs, start out in the Westlake district above
Pico going north on Hoover, right on Lafayette Park, left on 6th
Street, right to continue on Lafayette Park, right on Beverly, left on
Coronado, left on Temple, right on Occidental, right on London, right
on Lafayette, left on Temple, left on Coronado, left on Sunset, left on
Benton Way, right on Lafayette, right on Marathon, left on Lucille,
right on Melrose, right on Virgil, left on Santa Monica, right on
Vermont, right on Los Feliz, right on Hillhurst, left on Sunset, left on
Silver Lake, right on Glendale, left on Sunset, right on Douglas, right
on Bellevue, get on the 101 going north, get on the 405 going north,
exit at Victory, left on Victory, illegal left on to the 405 heading south,
exit at Sunset right heading west, left on Almar, right on Tahquitz,
right on Aiglon, right on Muskingum, slight left to stay on
Muskingum, right on Sunset, right on Kenter which turns into Bundy,
a left and then a quick right to stay on Bundy, right on Rochester,
right on Amherst, left on Wilshire, left on Lincoln which becomes
Sepulveda which becomes PCH, right on Calle Mayor, left on Palos
Verdes Blvd., stay to your left onto Palos Verdes Dr. W, left on
Hawthrone, right on Palos Verdes Dr. N, left on Crenshaw, right on
PCH, left on Pennsylvania, right on 25th, left on Eshelman, left on
Lomita, right on Crenshaw, right on El Segundo, right on Purche, left
on 129th St., left on Ardath, right on 134th Pl., left on Van Ness, right
on 135th St., left on Vermont, right on El Segundo, left onto the 110
north, exit at Vernon right, left on Broadway, right on Martin Luther
King, right on S. Central, left on Vernon which becomes Pacific
which become Long Beach Blvd., left on E. Elm, right on Bowen,
right on Compton, left on Long Beach, right on Del Amo, right on
Tillman, left on Denwall, left on Leapwood, right on Del Amo, left on
Avalon, get on the 405 heading south, exit at Harbor Blvd. south, left
on Newport which becomes the 55 north, to the 5 north, to the 91
west, exit at Beach Blvd. south, right on Lincoln, left on Western, left
on Del Monte, right on Loma Linda, right on Lindacita, right on
Western, right on Lincoln, left on Beach, get on the 91 heading
north, exit at Carmenita heading south, right at South St., right on
Shoemaker, left on Artesia, get on the 91 west, to the 605 north, exit
at Whitter heading west, right on Garfield becomes Los Robes, left
on Orange Grove, left on Fair Oaks, left on Colorado, right onto the
110 south, exit at Hill St., right on Cesar E Chavez which becomes
Sunset, left on Rampart, right on Temple, end at Micheltorena.
For the tour of the black & white world, start out on Reservoir at
Coronado head toward Alvarado, right on Alvarado, left on Temple,
left on Edgeware, right on Marion, left on Sunset, right on Glendale,
get on the 5 heading north, get onto the 134 heading west, exit at
Victory, left at Riverside, get back on the 134 heading west, get on
the 170 heading north, the 170 becomes the 5 north, exit at San
Fernando Mission, head west on SF/Mission, right on Haskell, left on
Rinaldi, left on Tampa, right on Lassen, right on Topanga Canyon,
left on Santa Susana Rd. which turns into Kuehner, left on E. Los
Angeles, right on Yosemite, left on Cochran, left on Sycamore, right
on Royal, right on Erringer, get on the 118 heading east, to the 405,
to the 5, exit at Valencia Blvd., left on Bouquet Canyon, make a U-
turn heading back the way you came, right on Valencia, right onto
Magic Mountain Parkway/126, get on the 5, exit at 138, after a 100
yards make a U-turn, get back on the 5 heading south, onto the 126
toward Ventura, exit at Victoria Ave. for the 101 south, exit off the 101
at CA1/Oxnard Blvd. heading south, which turns into Saviers, turn
left on Hueneme which turns into Lewis Rd., get on the 101 heading
south, exit at E. Los Angeles heading west, right on Walnut Canyon
Rd., exit at Hampshire Rd. south, right on Triunfo Canyon, left on
Silver Spring, left on Evenstar, right on Hampshire, left on Westlake
Blvd., get on the 101 south, exit at Topanga Canyon toward the
beach, left on PCH, left onto W. Channel Rd. which becomes
Entrada Dr. which becomes 7th Street, left on California, right on
Lincoln, get on the 10 going east, exit at Arlington going south, right
on Jefferson, left on Crenshaw, left on Manchester, right on Western,
right on Imperial, left on La Cienega, left on El Segundo, right on
Prairie, right on 165th Street, right on Firmona, left on Manhattan
Beach, left on Sepulveda which becomes PCH, right on Pearl which
becomes Esplanade, left on Ruby, left on PCH, right on Torrance,
left on Hawthrone, right on Redondo Beach Blvd., right on Main, left
on 157th, right on San Pedro, left on Alondra, right on Alameda, left
on Artesia, right on Santa Fe, left on Arlington, left on Delta, right on
Warlow, left on Atlantic, right on Carson, left on Orange, right on
Tehachapi, left on Falcon, right on Keever Pl., left on 45th St., left on
Cherry, right on Rosecrans, left on Studebaker, right on Foster, left
on Fairford, immediate left on Foster, right on Dalwood, left on
Adoree, right on Studebaker, left on Imperial, left on Paramount,
right on Gardendale, right on Garfield which becomes Eastern, right
on Florence, get on the 605 heading north, exit at Valley Blvd. left,
left on Garvey, right on Santa Anita, left on Valley Blvd., right on
Baldwin Ave., make a u-turn at La Rosa Dr. heading back to the 10
heading west to the 101 north, exit at Glendale/Echo Park right, left
on Douglas, left on Sunset, right on Echo Park Blvd., right on
Parmer, right on Scott and end. (Occasionally, I find that where I
remember a tree to be is not where it actually is, so if you happen
along one and I’ve got it in the wrong place let me know.)
directions. We tend to give them here in a string of street names.
Where are you coming from to where you’ll end up, with as many
little short cuts and we’re comfortable with, given the time of day.
And with the traffic here, it isn’t the distance you’re traveling, it’s the
time of day.
The images in the book are arranged as if you were driving through
the city. If you wanted, say, to take the tour of the book, passing
each of the locations where the negatives were exposed, with the
understanding that some of the tree’s are already gone, here’s what
you’d do:
For the color photographs, start out in the Westlake district above
Pico going north on Hoover, right on Lafayette Park, left on 6th
Street, right to continue on Lafayette Park, right on Beverly, left on
Coronado, left on Temple, right on Occidental, right on London, right
on Lafayette, left on Temple, left on Coronado, left on Sunset, left on
Benton Way, right on Lafayette, right on Marathon, left on Lucille,
right on Melrose, right on Virgil, left on Santa Monica, right on
Vermont, right on Los Feliz, right on Hillhurst, left on Sunset, left on
Silver Lake, right on Glendale, left on Sunset, right on Douglas, right
on Bellevue, get on the 101 going north, get on the 405 going north,
exit at Victory, left on Victory, illegal left on to the 405 heading south,
exit at Sunset right heading west, left on Almar, right on Tahquitz,
right on Aiglon, right on Muskingum, slight left to stay on
Muskingum, right on Sunset, right on Kenter which turns into Bundy,
a left and then a quick right to stay on Bundy, right on Rochester,
right on Amherst, left on Wilshire, left on Lincoln which becomes
Sepulveda which becomes PCH, right on Calle Mayor, left on Palos
Verdes Blvd., stay to your left onto Palos Verdes Dr. W, left on
Hawthrone, right on Palos Verdes Dr. N, left on Crenshaw, right on
PCH, left on Pennsylvania, right on 25th, left on Eshelman, left on
Lomita, right on Crenshaw, right on El Segundo, right on Purche, left
on 129th St., left on Ardath, right on 134th Pl., left on Van Ness, right
on 135th St., left on Vermont, right on El Segundo, left onto the 110
north, exit at Vernon right, left on Broadway, right on Martin Luther
King, right on S. Central, left on Vernon which becomes Pacific
which become Long Beach Blvd., left on E. Elm, right on Bowen,
right on Compton, left on Long Beach, right on Del Amo, right on
Tillman, left on Denwall, left on Leapwood, right on Del Amo, left on
Avalon, get on the 405 heading south, exit at Harbor Blvd. south, left
on Newport which becomes the 55 north, to the 5 north, to the 91
west, exit at Beach Blvd. south, right on Lincoln, left on Western, left
on Del Monte, right on Loma Linda, right on Lindacita, right on
Western, right on Lincoln, left on Beach, get on the 91 heading
north, exit at Carmenita heading south, right at South St., right on
Shoemaker, left on Artesia, get on the 91 west, to the 605 north, exit
at Whitter heading west, right on Garfield becomes Los Robes, left
on Orange Grove, left on Fair Oaks, left on Colorado, right onto the
110 south, exit at Hill St., right on Cesar E Chavez which becomes
Sunset, left on Rampart, right on Temple, end at Micheltorena.
For the tour of the black & white world, start out on Reservoir at
Coronado head toward Alvarado, right on Alvarado, left on Temple,
left on Edgeware, right on Marion, left on Sunset, right on Glendale,
get on the 5 heading north, get onto the 134 heading west, exit at
Victory, left at Riverside, get back on the 134 heading west, get on
the 170 heading north, the 170 becomes the 5 north, exit at San
Fernando Mission, head west on SF/Mission, right on Haskell, left on
Rinaldi, left on Tampa, right on Lassen, right on Topanga Canyon,
left on Santa Susana Rd. which turns into Kuehner, left on E. Los
Angeles, right on Yosemite, left on Cochran, left on Sycamore, right
on Royal, right on Erringer, get on the 118 heading east, to the 405,
to the 5, exit at Valencia Blvd., left on Bouquet Canyon, make a U-
turn heading back the way you came, right on Valencia, right onto
Magic Mountain Parkway/126, get on the 5, exit at 138, after a 100
yards make a U-turn, get back on the 5 heading south, onto the 126
toward Ventura, exit at Victoria Ave. for the 101 south, exit off the 101
at CA1/Oxnard Blvd. heading south, which turns into Saviers, turn
left on Hueneme which turns into Lewis Rd., get on the 101 heading
south, exit at E. Los Angeles heading west, right on Walnut Canyon
Rd., exit at Hampshire Rd. south, right on Triunfo Canyon, left on
Silver Spring, left on Evenstar, right on Hampshire, left on Westlake
Blvd., get on the 101 south, exit at Topanga Canyon toward the
beach, left on PCH, left onto W. Channel Rd. which becomes
Entrada Dr. which becomes 7th Street, left on California, right on
Lincoln, get on the 10 going east, exit at Arlington going south, right
on Jefferson, left on Crenshaw, left on Manchester, right on Western,
right on Imperial, left on La Cienega, left on El Segundo, right on
Prairie, right on 165th Street, right on Firmona, left on Manhattan
Beach, left on Sepulveda which becomes PCH, right on Pearl which
becomes Esplanade, left on Ruby, left on PCH, right on Torrance,
left on Hawthrone, right on Redondo Beach Blvd., right on Main, left
on 157th, right on San Pedro, left on Alondra, right on Alameda, left
on Artesia, right on Santa Fe, left on Arlington, left on Delta, right on
Warlow, left on Atlantic, right on Carson, left on Orange, right on
Tehachapi, left on Falcon, right on Keever Pl., left on 45th St., left on
Cherry, right on Rosecrans, left on Studebaker, right on Foster, left
on Fairford, immediate left on Foster, right on Dalwood, left on
Adoree, right on Studebaker, left on Imperial, left on Paramount,
right on Gardendale, right on Garfield which becomes Eastern, right
on Florence, get on the 605 heading north, exit at Valley Blvd. left,
left on Garvey, right on Santa Anita, left on Valley Blvd., right on
Baldwin Ave., make a u-turn at La Rosa Dr. heading back to the 10
heading west to the 101 north, exit at Glendale/Echo Park right, left
on Douglas, left on Sunset, right on Echo Park Blvd., right on
Parmer, right on Scott and end. (Occasionally, I find that where I
remember a tree to be is not where it actually is, so if you happen
along one and I’ve got it in the wrong place let me know.)
