Sunday, June 22, 2008

Historic Photographs of LA Freeway Construction

Jeff Gates, one of the artists included in the photography exhibit "This Side of Paradise" at the Huntington Library & Gardens, has a website full of pictures including:



as well as essays and commentary. Here's a sample: this is the set of Speed, the movie filmed on the 105 just before it opened. And look--there's already been a tagger at work! Or was it a set decorator?

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