September 1999
Muffler Man
26 Sep, 1999
09/26/1999 - Sherman Way near Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys, California.
Much has been written about Muffler Men, but I've only seen three in the wild. You may have noticed the Muffler Man who shows up briefly in the opening credits of The Sopranos.
This one lives outside an oil change & lube shop... his muffler is long gone, and for some reason his kerchief has been painted black in the two years since this photo was taken.
Mission Hills Bowl (I)
26 Sep, 1999
09/26/1999 - 10430 Sepulveda Boulevard, Mission Hills. Martin Stern, Jr., Architect.
A perfect example of how haphazard remodeling dilutes great googie buildings, often to the point where they attain 'eyesore' status and get torn down. I don't know what color the building and perforated girders were originally, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't STARK WHITE. And it's also probably safe to assume the original Mission Hills Bowl sign looked more like this.
Popular
Recently Perused
- Nice screencast highlighting Relationships in Views 2 for #Drupal: http://drewish.com/node/127 — 5 years 16 weeks ago
- ZOMFG Schwan's still makes Root Beer Float Bars! http://bit.ly/P8zMb — 5 years 16 weeks ago
- Or apparently just enter 'Yahoo.com' in the OpenID field. — 5 years 16 weeks ago
- Interesting! I just learned you can configure Yahoo to use your Flickr photostream URL as an OpenID. — 5 years 16 weeks ago
- @TechMonadnock Tonight's meetup never quite made it onto my radar - I'll try to make the next one though! — 5 years 16 weeks ago