| Highland Park is a hillside neighborhood in North LA I walked around as we stayed there. A 30 minute bike ride to downtown, or 5-10 minute drive on the Arroyo Seco Parkway, the oldest freeway in Southern California. |
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LA: highland park
cycling through downtown LA
| This city, built around an idea to commute everywhere by car is impossible to walk through. And as the car is no longer my transportation choice, we chose to ride the endless streets of LA. Pretty long rides, not so many cars as I expected though. They're all piled up on freeways. |
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LA river
| Most of the people doesn't know LA has a river! It's hidden in a huge concrete pit, crossed by tens if not hundreds of tall, concrete bridges... Right now a symbol of human attempt to control nature and a paradox: while LA is pumping expensive water from tens of miles away, all the rainwater flushes through here instantly into the ocean. Nothing gets absorbed by soil, therefore a need for artificial irrigation and the vicious circle goes on. An impressive symbol of human conceit in the 20th century. |
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