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Scenes From The Hollywood Renaissance

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Tower cranes over Hollywood & Vine.

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Posted by scott on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm.

9 Responses to “Scenes From The Hollywood Renaissance”

boss, boss, the crane, the crane!

Left by preznit giv me turkee on February 15th, 2009

They look alive, don’t they? I used to admire the cranes at the warf in Oakland. They look like faithful dogs awaiting their absent Masters.

Left by Kathy on February 15th, 2009

After the cranes fell in Seattle and New York, I find I’m a bit nervous near them, and lately they’ve been doing some construction along a route I’m frequently forced to take. I pass under them with a frisson, reassuring myself about the odds all the while. I might as well get over it; seems there is always something being constructed in Des Moines. Don’t know if that will change with the economic downturn. I hope not.

cranes across the river

They look like faithful dogs awaiting their absent Masters.

I like that. That’s a nice image, Kathy.

Left by Candy on February 15th, 2009

For 35 yrs. I’ve lived no more than four blks. from Sunset Blvd., WeHo to Silver Lake & back, & while there’s always been talk, & big “urban renewal” plans & projects, it took close to 30 yrs. for gentrification to set in. And now I must wonder if/how these things will be completed, & what the occupancy rates will be.

Aesthetically:

The crane’s shadow on the tarp/Christo wrapping/whatever is really good! The rigid, angled construction mocked by nature is a theme eco-nihilists world-wide admire.

Left by M. Bouffant on February 15th, 2009

Ditto Bouffant on the photography. Powerful, and yet organic, in a weird, post-industrial way.

If they ever do invent a WayBack Machine, I wanna see HW in the pre-Hays-Code days. Yeah, I know, there are books, there are pictures, but that’s not Smell-O-Vision, either. The only way I’d want to spend significant amounts of time in Cali would be before the anti-smoking-nazis made the whole damned state verboten.

Left by Anntichrist S. Coulter on February 16th, 2009

OK, so I’m having caffeine/ennui induced visions. Again.

We tell ourselves our creations possess a physical reality, a permanence. Yet the reality is that they are ephemeral and transitory. Like our lives.

Left by heydave on February 16th, 2009

That’s a great representation of that crane. I live 1.5 miles from there (I’m in Los Feliz) and in the 12 years I’ve lived here, Hollywood has improved, done a face-lift of sorts, and my neighborhood really gentrified. However, with this economic downturn, I’m hoping it doesn’t get reversed. They’ve really tried, building the Kodak theatre and all that.

I really love the aesthetic of that photo. Thanks for sharing.

Left by HelenWheels on February 16th, 2009

“cranes across the river”

Worst. Paul McCartney pastiche. Ever.

Left by Mentis Fugit on February 17th, 2009

Would that we had some picturesque cranes (or even some really cruddy-looking ones) denoting growth here in the Buckle on the Rust Belt.

Left by Toni on February 18th, 2009

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