North of East Of West L.A.: arcane technology

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December 12, 2015

There is a whole (mostly) unseen network of

infrastructure all around keeping the city functioning...

[Laurel Canyon Blvd & Mulholland Dr]

What?!? Use one of them fancy, expensive "hover boards" -

FUCK NO! Get a wheel - put it in the middle of a plank

and power it! Even better and seems to be homemade...

[Tujunga Ave - between Valley Spring Ln & Aqua Vista St]

[Crescent Heights Blvd & Santa Monica Blvd]

A pneumatic drill used in break-up of road surface.

The jackhammer was invented circa 1855.

[A special South of North of East Of West L.A. edition!]

One normally sees the Goodyear Blimp out and about in the Los Angeles area -

but every now and then one may catch a rare glimpse of the Fujifilm Blimp

and a rarer sighting of the MetLife Blimp...

Southern California used to be a steampunk haven for

lighter-than-air aircraft...

[Vineland Ave & Lankershim Blvd]

[Crescent Heights Blvd & Santa Monica Blvd]

Rather shocked to see someone riding a Segway

in public and seemingly for transport! Not that it is a

terrible thing to do - one just never sees it done.

[A special South of North of East Of West L.A. edition!]

[Burbank Blvd east of Kester Ave]

It was once said that the most dangerous job in the known universe

was that of a payphone cleaner... Should you want to see actual payphones,

you can take a trip and see these - who knows, they might even work -

though not at the drop of only a dime.