Andy Chase

Sherman Oaks, California. Ventura Boulevard at Cedros, looking east.

Old Trapper’s Lodge
Woodland Hills, California

Lonesome George sits near the entrance of Cleveland Park at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California. If you think he looks creepy in this shot, just imagine him sitting there on that bench in the dead of night, still staring his glassy stare into the darkness. George is a part of the Old Trapper's Lodge installation which inhabits the park.

22800 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, California

03/06/2001 - La Salsa Restaurant - 22800 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California

You'll have to forgive me for not labelling this photo Latino Muffler Man; the giant fiberglass statue is clearly standing outside of a Mexican restaurant.

In Malibu, of all places.

03/02/2001 - The Gamble House

4 Westmoreland Place ? Pasadena, California

One of the best-preserved examples of American Arts & Crafts architecture in the country, the Gamble House is an amazing example of what southern California must have been like around the beginning of the 20th century. For the extremely well-to-do, anyway.

Greene and Greene's architecture is such a delight to look at that it's easy to overlook the equally magnificent landscaping that was part and parcel of their designs. This is a shot of the patio behind the house. You can see the rear facade of the house at the far left edge of the photo.

Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, California

Lloyd Wright, Architect 1926

Although his father ultimately abandoned textile block construction, Lloyd Wright employed patterned concrete blocks in a number of his own designs.

This is a detail of the cavelike front entrance of the house.

Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, California

Lloyd Wright, Architect 1926

The fortess-like exterior of the Sowden house hides a private courtyard which can be glimpsed very briefly during a party scene in L.A. Confidential

02/18/2001 - Samuel-Novarro House (1928), Lloyd Wright, Architect

5609 Valley Oak Drive
Los Feliz/Hollywood Hills, CA

Built for Louis Samuel and later owned by Ramon Novarro, the Samuel-Novarro house is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright™, Senior.

Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr.) built a successful practice in Los Angeles after coming here to supervise his father's few Los Angeles projects in the 1920's.

Frank Lloyd Wright is a registered trademark of the Frank Lloyd Wright foundation.

02/09/2001 - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1959. Frank Lloyd Wright™, Architect.

1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street), New York, NY

My brief visit to the Guggenheim museum was a fitting end to my first trip to New York City; I didn't get to view any of the museum collections, but seeing the building itself was the real reason I went in the first place.

Frank Lloyd Wright is a registered trademark of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.