tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post3361194452755511442..comments2023-03-28T02:24:11.142-07:00Comments on Selvage: Going with the Flow.Linda Dovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-32809080337623571282009-04-07T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:51:00.000-07:00That area of Irwindale reminds me of Gatsby's vall...That area of Irwindale reminds me of Gatsby's valley of ashes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-90943272172333682482009-04-05T10:56:00.000-07:002009-04-05T10:56:00.000-07:00"Stormdrain apartment" is complete in its visuals,..."Stormdrain apartment" is complete in its visuals, too.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-22168699730675088292009-04-05T09:06:00.000-07:002009-04-05T09:06:00.000-07:00It was nice to meet you at Margaret's breakfast. T...It was nice to meet you at Margaret's breakfast. That area you are looking into is actually a place of activity. You can also hike Fish Canyon when Vulcan Quarry opens it's doors to the public. Lots of controversy around this issue. (It's open today) April 4th<BR/><BR/>http://www.simpsoncity.com/hiking/fishcanyon.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-64043746273141623922009-03-16T16:33:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:33:00.000-07:00When I think of the "Los Angeles River" ...When I think of the "Los Angeles River" I have to admit that I think neither of poetry nor of artifacts but of brute force and skulduggery, of Big Bill Mulholland's DW&P hardcases prying water out of the Owens Valley and leases out of the hands of poor farmers and ranchers...the waste that ran down into the river might well be thought to include the waste of the hopes and lives of those whose water was taken to irrigate the dream of a great city in a desert...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-27766554287166017132009-03-13T10:36:00.000-07:002009-03-13T10:36:00.000-07:00Before 1985, when Heal-the-Bay successfully forced...Before 1985, when Heal-the-Bay successfully forced the city of Los Angeles to comply with the Clean Water Act of 1972, winter rainstorms routinely flooded sewage plants across the LA basin. Two or three days of steady rain, and untreated sewage from exotic locales like Hawaiian Gardens and Pico Rivera would be flushed from municipal holding tanks into the city streets and, then, into the Los Angeles River. This niagara of shit, after inundating the massive Hyperion Sewage Plant, would finally spill directly into Santa Monica Bay, and the winter Pacific, usually slate grey, would turn sickly verdigris from Palos Verdes to Point Dume. With every swell, surfers would taste this toxic cataract of human waste,<BR/><BR/>Sweepings from butchers stalls, dung, guts, and blood, /<BR/><BR/>Drowned puppies, stinking sprats, all drenched in mud, /<BR/><BR/>Dead cats and turnips-tops come tumbling down the flood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-67671978367242280772009-03-10T20:20:00.000-07:002009-03-10T20:20:00.000-07:00I'm with Margaret. I love that word freakological....I'm with Margaret. I love that word freakological. <BR/><BR/>I can send you photos of the shopping carts embedded in the creek wall behind my house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437399904175793.post-51044049519964676692009-03-10T14:30:00.000-07:002009-03-10T14:30:00.000-07:00Had me at freakological. That's my new favorite w...Had me at freakological. That's my new favorite word.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.com