This is the view from Lucile St. (a hill) looking down to W. Sunset Blvd...
over in the neighborhood of Silver Lake. TC was excited to see that mural above with the stretched arms. Bert and I were more excited to see Calvin and Hobbes around the corner, ha ha (photo in the hyperlink is older but no year given; corner mural was also different). Street artist is David Flores. The building is the Uprising Creative office.
On the other side of the street now. I love the look of flyers taped on poles.
dangerbird (not capitalized) is a record store. In searching images of this online, the background pattern was different and an article stated that the artist was David Clayton, a kids book illustrator. Not sure if he did this version, but this is the most recent look as of Veterans Days weekend.
As seen on the street...Those are my toes. Pardon my Frodo feet.
From where we parked on Lucile, we were a few blocks away from our eventual destination. We chanced upon the Silver Lake Farmer's Market which we browsed through. It had an eclectic mix of vendors from produce, handmade arts and crafts and vintage clothing, etc. Lots of the booths were very pricy too. Yeesh. Very hipster but then again, it's the neighborhood too.
Art on a utility box near a vendor's tent.
As seen on a wall...I'm with you Homer.
Further west on Sunset Blvd was Micheltorena Elementary School which is more than 100 years old (check out the history of the school here). It is named after Mexican General Manuel Micheltorena who was the last non-Californian general of Alta California before Pio Pico took over (1842-1845).
I really liked the murals featuring multicultural children, which reflects the neighborhood.
A lending library near the school...I keep seeing these in various neighborhoods. I haven't seen any down here in Chula Vista. I don't think those would even work out in my old 'hood either. Sorry to say.
The school also had a chicken coop!
This was interesting. It was a closed off staircase that turned out to be a formerly used tunnel for schoolchildren to use in lieu of crossing the busy streets. Over the decades, the tunnels became havens for whatever bad stuff you can think of) and because very unsafe for use. I have some articles linked at the end that detail the history of this tunnel (as well as similar tunnels throughout Los Angeles) including the eventual closing.
I thought maybe it was for LA's defunct subway system, but Bert looked across the street and saw a matching fenced area so we figured it was a tunnel. Interesting concept but sadly, no longer safe for people to use.
Silver Lake Farmer's Market
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Micheltorena Elementary School
1151 Micheltorena St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Info on General Micheltorena:
wikipedia
Articles about Micheltorena tunnel:
- This first one is SUPER OLD "Pedestrian tunnels become dangerous, dank" LATimes, July 9, 1987 (Holy Fk, it's the year I GRADUATED high school, you do the math), ha ha
- "What to do about Silver Lake's Tunnel of Trouble" The Eastsider LA, March 2011
- **This one is a very detailed article with great vintage photos of actual schoolchildren using the tunnel in the 1920's: "Tunnel for Tots: The Pedestrian Tunnel Experiment in Los Angeles" Los Angeles City Historical Newsletter, Nov. 2013
- "Some have tunnel vision" LosFelizLedger, April 9, 2015
- "Underground Silver Lake tunnel will permanently close" LAist, July 2, 2015
- "Silver Lake tunnel is set for closure, but some want it saved" LATimes, Sept. 3, 2015
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