nickcarr
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Where The Dam Collapsed: Exploring The Ruins of the St. Francis Dam
Just before Christmas, I was driving up north of LA when I happened to notice something odd on the map I was following… A marker for the “St. Francis Dam disaster site.” Pictured below is the St. Francis Dam, located in the remote San Francisquito Canyon. On March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, flooding all…
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A Japanese Palace Hidden in the Hollywood Hills
When I first turned off Franklin onto Sycamore in Hollywood… I honestly didn’t expect to find anything other than the usual tangle of homes clinging precariously to the hills. So as I drove up North Sycamore… …I was a bit surprised to find a steep set of stairs climbing up the hill to my left……
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Selfie With A Hand Model
OK, normally I would never ask for pictures with an actor, but I had to make an exception last week… I happened to meet a professional hand model, which is definitely a first. We talked for a bit about the unusual work a hand model runs into, and she was nice enough to pose with…
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There Used To Be A Mountaintop Swimming Pool Behind The Hollywood Sign
On Thanksgiving morning, my friend Jack and I decided to work up an appetite by hiking up to the Hollywood sign, my first visit to LA’s most iconic landmark. We parked about a half mile away from the trailhead on North Beachwood Drive and made our way up, passing the various storybook homes… Personal favorite:…