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Evolution of Downtown Los Angeles Buildings

The other day I posted a photograph, passed to me by my brother, of downtown LA under clear skies.   Since the scene was not entirely recognizable to me (I left LA in 1995), I asked him for help ID’ing some of the pictured skyscrapers.  Dennis offered this animated video in response:

Note: You may have to click on the "Watch on YouTube" label to see the video in fullscreen mode.

rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Nine

Taking a little time off from attending to business in LaG City, friend David invites me to his backyard shop where he and his two partners construct/deconstruct all manner of vehicles.  Here we see a ’68 Chevy Camaro that was intended to get a little paint touch-up, but one thing led to another.  Now it is slated for a “resto-mod” workup, to be show-worthy and streetable, all 600 horsepower worth, by next summer.  And we see the progress on a frame-up restoration of a Suzuki offroad vehicle.  David says that Heather lets him do what he wants in the shop, so long as she reigns supreme in terms of management of their adjacent house.

A Child’s Neighborhood and Its Effect on Poverty

As reported by the New York Times: “On Monday the Census Bureau, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard and Brown, published nationwide data that will make it possible to pinpoint — down to the census tract, a level relevant to individual families — where children of all backgrounds have the best shot at getting ahead.”  Check out the interactive graphics in this article to see what you can learn about your own neighborhood.