Robertson Library / ”Hot” Billboard, S. Robertson Blvd. at Airdrome St.From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:04:52 EST
I wish I could find a picture of what the Melrose Ave. elevation of the Pacific Design Center looked like for its first 20 years or so. The spoiler was a tiny foundry or heavy metal plating operation that had been there forEver. They tried to plant it out but everybody knew what it was.
From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:54:48 EST
I shot the CAA vs. Starbucks (nee Wilson’s House of Suede and Leather) spoiler on Sunday morning at 7:00 AM. I could not get the straight-on shot of the Norman(?) barn in front of the Pei boys.
Creative Artists Agency / former Wilson’s House of Suede and Leather, Little Santa Monica Blvd and Wilshire Blvd.From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:31:22 EST
It’s a High / Low thing that is tolerated around here. It’s also about vanity and venality and self promotion at any cost and the lack of embarrassment and the strength of the vernacular. Pomposity of two different kinds. But it appears to be a natural/human/cultural force—that’s where Frost comes in: you know, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that sends the frozen ground swell under it and topples boulders in the sun and makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing…” or something like that.
Olympia Medical Center / L.M. Insurance, W. Olympic Blvd at San Vicente.From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:50:00 EDT
shit. Do you have time for me to get the Holiday Inn at the Getty? (it’s raining right now)
Getty Center / Holiday Inn, W. Sunset Blvd and the 405.From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:06:59 EDT
Beautiful morning! I just bagged three great spoilers and am working on captions. Will send them this aft if film comes out ok. New title: “For Richer or Poorer…” a kind of landscape wedding theme…
From: BPALA@aol.com | Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:00:54 EDT
May I please see this article of mine before it goes to press?
Author Barton Phelps, FAIA, is principal of Barton Phelps & Associates, Architects and Planners, Los Angeles, and a former chair of the AIA Committee on Design. His article, “Serial Colonizations, Succession Landscapes, and the California Problem,” appeared in the fall 2005 issue of Places, a Forum of Environmental Design.
Originally published 2nd quarter 2006 in arcCA 06.2, “L.A.”
