Chinatown, Bradbury Bldg
May. 6th, 2009 08:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aimeekittyI posted WIP on my Lia wig and Lia sword on HCC.
"So many sights to see so wake up like an early birdie
And we'll get a head start on the day
Oh stained-glass skyways and crowded 6 lane highways
If I look back when I begin to leave, will they remember me? "
~ Early Birdie - Owl City
I got up a bit early this morning, had my tea (black chinese with rose petals) and got my errands done. I had to meet Mitch in LA to pick up some papers, so we decided to have lunch and go visit a building I've been wanting to see for a while.
To waste some time inbetween my morning errands and lunch, I went by Chinatown. I'd been meaning to go and just sit for a bit for a couple months, but hadn't found the time. I got a chicken steamed bun and a cream horn and a soda and watched some old men play chess. Good way to start the day.
On the way to meet Mitch:
This (all pictures below) is the Bradbury Bldg. (1893). ( Wikipedia entry ). I've lived in the LA area for a while and had never even been aware of this building. It's a bit nondescript from the outside, but the inside,.... it is breathtaking. It has a rather creepy history, too... and perhaps best of all, was used pretty extensively in Blade Runner.
I was looking at some steampunk pages the other day and by accident came across a page about this building. I then gave Mitch the "O_O" face and asked him why he hadn't informed me of this before. ha ha.
Today I really needed a mental break, so exploring LA a bit was just the thing.
"This wrought-iron was executed in France and displayed at the Chicago World's Fair before being installed in the building. They are supposed to give the illusion of hanging vegetation."
a random building painting near where I parked:
"So many sights to see so wake up like an early birdie
And we'll get a head start on the day
Oh stained-glass skyways and crowded 6 lane highways
If I look back when I begin to leave, will they remember me? "
~ Early Birdie - Owl City
I got up a bit early this morning, had my tea (black chinese with rose petals) and got my errands done. I had to meet Mitch in LA to pick up some papers, so we decided to have lunch and go visit a building I've been wanting to see for a while.
To waste some time inbetween my morning errands and lunch, I went by Chinatown. I'd been meaning to go and just sit for a bit for a couple months, but hadn't found the time. I got a chicken steamed bun and a cream horn and a soda and watched some old men play chess. Good way to start the day.
On the way to meet Mitch:
This (all pictures below) is the Bradbury Bldg. (1893). ( Wikipedia entry ). I've lived in the LA area for a while and had never even been aware of this building. It's a bit nondescript from the outside, but the inside,.... it is breathtaking. It has a rather creepy history, too... and perhaps best of all, was used pretty extensively in Blade Runner.
I was looking at some steampunk pages the other day and by accident came across a page about this building. I then gave Mitch the "O_O" face and asked him why he hadn't informed me of this before. ha ha.
Today I really needed a mental break, so exploring LA a bit was just the thing.
"This wrought-iron was executed in France and displayed at the Chicago World's Fair before being installed in the building. They are supposed to give the illusion of hanging vegetation."
a random building painting near where I parked:
