. . • PUT THE POLITICIAN ON THE CORNER AND HE MAKES A MOVIE BY HIMSELF wb pic click on pic to see trailer more ST shots
Would you believe the corner shown in the pics below recently had our GOVERNATOR, prior to him being elected, making a major motion picture right at this same corner of Foothill and Mt. Gleason?
IT IS TRUE...T 3 Terminator 3 was filmed extensively in Sunland Tujunga and right at this corner where there is now this new mini mall.
We saw something being built back then and said 'oh no another car repair shop?' Then the rumors, and as you see it is, as in my pics, the pre production of the movie from sets to before shooting shots. YOU MUST come back and CLICK on ∆FILMING in the FOOTHILLS∆
THERE IS THE SAME FIRE HYDRANT AS SEEN IN THE MOVIE.
THIS IS LOS ANGELES AND THE VALLEYS. HOLLYWOOD MOVIEMAKING at its finest.
Yes, that is OUR GOVERNATOR in his last epic FILMED in SUNLAND TUJUNGA, right on the border of the two cities at Foothill & Mt. Gleason. -TERMINATOR 3 ! See production pics by me, you must click on ∆FILMING in the FOOTHILLS∆
. . • READ THE NAME OF THIS TOWN IN WALES... that's in Great Britain.
I remember my friend's dad, Will Sapiro, who was from Liverpool, England always would sing a ryhme pronouncing the name of this Welsh town. He said they would call it ' Lan Fair PG ' for short. I hear Welsh is a very unique language.
So, read above, clic on ∆ pic 2 enlarge, and we now can refrain from thinking ST is so lonnnng. .
Sunland Tujunga & North Hollywood are the City of Los Angeles, California in the U.S.A.
We also live in the County of Los Angeles this is the evil maybe x-logo that has that G-d reference, and other stuff of the devils. The County has used for it decades, WHO KNEW?
We can always make fun of ourselves as with the fake-logo for Kalifoana. With this neighborhood blog about these cities with unique historys and lifestyles, we will shed some humor and truths concerning our Los Angeles
THIS NEW ENTERPRIZE(S) is/are going up next to the BK take-out in Sunland; the cement slab is done, steel framing and now actual wood... we are excited and waiting
• DRIVING WITH THE BEST in Tujunga L.A.F.D. EMT 74's
...always thrilling.
• ST SIDEWALK SUNDAE
It's like BASKIN ROBBINS on our ST Streets 31 types of discarded COUCHES...
A "SUNDAE" of COUCHES in our town views.
• Sunland Tujunga Sunset July 2007
Taken on Foothill in Tujunga facing West, of course.
• ST SECRET shhhh!!!
• PINEWOOD & FOOTHILL
Foothill & Pinewood in Tujunga GREAT GAS NEW PARKING LOT The new VALERO gas station has the best prices this side of Los Angeles County, and the small shopping center with donut shop, restaurant and other shops boasts a fresh newly paved parking lot. Across the street is a plant store and various ethnic bakery, produce and other merchants.
•ST EARLY SOCAL HEALTH RETREAT
Years ago living up here, the first thing I noticed was the CLEAN AIR up in SUNLAND TUJUNGA. If you drive towards La Crescenta on the 210 you could see a WALL OF SMOG starting just a you leave ST.
I remember my daughter Jessica's Grandmother, Zella Memory Tutshulte, saying she was sent up into the ST area as a young girl to recover from TB ( probably the 1920\30's ).
TODAY the ST area is bound in quasi-medical establishments, from convalescent to half-way homes. In 2000 I was a US CENSUS TAKER, and as you do this you are working in your neighborhoods. I went to one fancy house on a hill to see the front room with not much in it and fax machines at the kitchen counter. A nice young person in white came out to answer the census questions at that address. He was the caretaker for about 5 people who needed certain care. ST HEALTH RETREATS.
While I find Valley water bland, to say the least, , ST water comes mostly from mountain wells and has always been good.
ST is up there about 1500 to way above 2000 above sea level, it gets very hot, and very cold, even giving some snow here and then.
• A POEM BY ABOUT ST FROM 1904
Mrs. Eliza A. Otis
- a writer for the LA Times in the 1880's
( written just before her passing in 1904 )
November in Sunland
In the far East the Autumn’s fires are burning,
The forests burst into a crimson glow,
The air is full of whispers of the snow,
The winds awake, the river’s tides are turning
To meet the frosts that will enchain them soon
And weld their icy feathers till the noon
Of the glad springtime. But here the summer’s breath
Still lingers, the many blossoms wake,
And color, sweetness from the sunshine take.
They show no signs of fading or of death,
The summer trails her lovely garments still
And smiles at us from ev’ry vale and hill.
The leaves are green, the waters ripple by,
And bird song floats upon the sunny air.
The butterflies are flying everywhere
On their wings, like blossoms in the sky.
November comes with heart of sunny June,
With Summer’s loveliness ’tis all atune.
• SFV NEARBY RACEWAY the Encino VELODROME
While I was trying to be a CARBON NEUTRAL as all those "all knowers" by driving around for absolutely no reason at all I followed the signs saying Encino Velodrome. I knew there was one that was built for the 1984 Olympics, and that is in Domingez Hills yet did not know our Valley had one. Even though it was locked up this late afternoon, I took some shots as I could.
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• ST - NoHo HALFWAY Movie Ware in SUN VALLEY
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On one of my "avoid traffic routes" on the way between the SFV & Crescenta Valleys, I pass this interesting warehouse. It was once used by Disney, and still is a prop house. There's a breaking apart Trojan Horse and as shown here, a large FIST and HORSEHEAD.
• SUNLAND TUJUNGA waits for ? ...well, we just have to wait
COMMERCE & FOOTHILL
" Foothill Commerce Town Center " reads the sign of the upcoming newest addition to ST businesses, and NO ONE IS PROTESTING now, is not this a welcome site !
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS...
ACROSS FROM THE CARWASH
Up on Foothill next to the Burger King is this small lot where there seeems to be much building activity yet no sign of what this business may be. clic2∆enlarge
• OUT in NOHO Noho Arts Gallery L.A. June 2007 Opening
• TUJUNGA RESIDENT JOHN FREE Little Tokyo Photo Presentation John Free, Tujunga Resident and Teacher of Photography opened a show of his photos at Boyd St. Cafe in Little Tokyo DownTown Los Angeles, Ca.
John's Grand Daughter Addie "arrives" to view her Grandad's works, along with her father Scott's photos, to friends and past and present students of John Free.
Sixty years ago our world celebrated the end of the Socialist Nazi's filth, killing and hatred. Sunland Tujunga's permanent memorial to all our nation's HEROS of the FREEDOM we all enjoy. ...our every day tribute.
• STILL WONDERING ABOUT the "MONOLITH" ?
It is that white square in the far middle of this scenic view of Lankershim looking south. THE STORY COMING UP... ( all pics clic to enlarge )
My vid shows the skeleton of our new "MONOLITH" We are near the truition of this project. The Hughes Family, yes those markets a while back, own the new HOW'S Market at Lankershim and Chandler in the NOHO COMMONS project.
Seen here the new bank with a MEMORIAL MARKER for a fallen L.A. Firefighter killed fighting an arson fire at a restaurant at this location.
Mayor Sam says the "MONOLITH" as I call it will probably announce the NOHO COMMONS. By the By... How's Market has WINE TASTINGS which had a little political stifling that local resident Mike Higby helped provide positive actions that allow the events now to occur.
NOHO COMMONS GREETS US !
• NoHo- RAPID TRANSIT CENTER ...what about those fair hikes ?
It seems the BUS RIDER'S UNION is concerned ! NoHo is a commuter hub. Will the gross increases in transit fees hurt our community ? clic for info at their site
IN DEPTH FEATURE ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY SUBJECT higher transit fair increases coming next...
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• STEAM TRAIN • Fire! • Drive to Park • Dutch LOT • ST PROgolf • ST in USA ? • LAPD HELPS • HollywoodXmas1959 • FriedChicken & VeganCar • ROADTRAIN ALL THESE STORIES and more BELOW...
• PAN PACIFIC AUDITORIUM AUTO SHOW 1939
The Pan Pacific Auditorium stood on the Gilmore Oil Land occupied also by the CBS Fairfax Studios and the Grove. Gilmore Stadium was part of this vast area with AA baseball and midget car races. The main element was the Auditorium with its art deco spans rising in the front of its center. Tragically ended in a fire in 1989. It is now a park.
• SAN PEDRO STEAM TRAIN & RED CAR
Rail Exposition earlier this month in San Pedro.
• FIRE! in Griffith Park, WE CARE. (ST psychic below, Smoke above) MY TAKE ON THE GRIFFITH PARK FIRE COVERAGE
What is this, or should I say, WHY IS THIS? I suppose it is "PROTECTED" by our Constitution... are "WE" super haters or super patriots? OR, are they JUST OBLIVIOUS
• FOOTHILL DIVISION HELPS -L.A.P.D. in Sunland Tujunga
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• HOLLYWOOD & VINE CHRISTMAS 1959
With the supposed END of the Hollywood Christmas Parade
here in the future L.A., let's look back at the boulevard in
1959 with the marching bands, the Broadway Department
store on the corner, the Pantages Theater down a block
and those FAMOUS Metal Xmas Trees that adorned every
light pole on the Street of the Stars.
• NoHo Fried Chicken
Miss Peaches north of Burbank on Lankershim has THE best Fried Chicken freshly served in a quaint home kitchen atmosphere with seating outdoors surrounded by a white picket fence. ∆clic4info∆
1962 Pontiac Station Wagon, sort of an SUV. We finally had A/C in the sixties when we ALWAYS drove from Noho to Vegas. Previous years we died as we cried the scorching way to and fro on our 3-5 day vacation to the gambling wonderland. We didn't have air conditioning at home in the SFV and you know the summers are 100 and smoggy. I suppose that was the reason we went 600 miles across 120 degree desert to a town in that desert, to enjoy air conditioned comfort. We always stayed at the Stardust, but we were too young to go to the girley show, but did see extravaganzas like Flower Drum Song, with Prime Rib, of course. Swimming pools, sunburns and piling your buffet plate skyhigh and maybe a trip to Hoover Dam, then back home.
beasts and others have to realize this. They are from 150 feet long with 3 trailers
and 250 feet long with 5 trailers. He says, about confronting one of these ' trains ',
" If you are at all nervous about the situation, pull over,
make a cup of tea and proceed when the road is clear."
and lastly proclaiming ...
" Keep an eye open for the super Road-Train it has 7 trailers ."
That's 350 feet long, WOW I can hardly wait for that Rush Hour drive on the 101.
l.e. 3-07
• 66% L.A. TRANSIT compared to the rest of the world L.A. METRO, well no, this is old P.E. California Car in the 1920's L.A.
We do have new buses and rails but look at CHINA & BRAZIL...
OUR METRO ORANGELINE is 66% of China or Brazil, we have 2 part articulated and they have 3 part bi-articulated buses...
C H I N A
B R A Z I L
BRAZIL has had their buses holding 250 since 1999.
CHINA says their 3 part articulated buses are the largest holding up to 300 passengers
CHINA NEWS SAYS- Determined to have the "world's largest" everything by 2010, China recently unveiled the "world's largest" bus, the Youth Daily reported earlier this week. The Chinese manufacturer, named Zhejiang Young Man Vehicle Group, introduced the 25-meter-long "Superliner" at Shanghai's Busworld Asia 2007 convention . The bus has five doors, 40 seats, carries up to 300 passengers Well, it seems we are off a third when it comes to transit buses. Yes. we have the new Metro buses that are modern and articulated, but CHINA says they have the largest bi-articulated buses holding 300. Brazil says they have had bi-articulated buses since 1999 that hold 250 passengers. Who's modern?
• Los Angeles "1933"
...from FRANKLIN AVE. " Imagine, had this 1933 proposal for the Civic Center been implemented, what a difference the area would be today.
A Civic Center with tons of green space, a gathering circle, and a lot more. It's just one of several L.A. plans that never made it past the development stage. Pic found inside the Los Angeles Public Library collection. "
Sunland Tujunga & North Hollywood are the City of Los Angeles, California in the U.S.A.
We also live in the County of Los Angeles this is the evil maybe x-logo that has that G-d reference, and other stuff of the devils. The County has used for it decades, WHO KNEW?
We can always make fun of ourselves as with the fake-logo for Kalifoana. With this neighborhood blog about these cities with unique historys and lifestyles, we will shed some humor and truths concerning our Los Angeles
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