Walking from Fullerton to Downtown LA this morning ~ 26 miles, would be 9 hrs without stopping. We’ll see how long I take.
The 57 – bei Summit House Restaurant
Shortcut thru the golf courses & flood control channel – bei Fullerton Shortcut
Ah yes, the sidewalk’s end – bei Fullerton City Limits
🌴 Las Palmas 🌴
Old railroad tracks, someday a new path
A flock of bikers – bei Leffingwell Elementary School
Whittier’s Whittwood branch library - as kids, Patrick and I did the same summer reading program my mom did when she was a child – bei Whittier Public Library - Whittwood
It should be as easy to permit and build mid-rise housing as it is to build these commercial buildings
Nominative determinism
There was a great concern when the Whittier Boulevard of Cars died out... in time, the vacancies filled in.
A sky full of stars
Whittier Area Commerce Building
Louvers
Ye olde historic freeway underpasse
More than halfway to #LAUS 🚶‍♂️ – bei Pio Pico State Historic Park
San Gabriel River - 15 miles 🚶‍♂️
More louvres and a fun spiral staircase – bei Chase Bank
Bus stop has holes on each side, prob meant to be planters - didn’t work out.
Rio Hondo
“It’s a pleasant thing to be young and have ten toes” - on audiobook #2
Like Montebello’s downtown drag #WhittierBlvd
Stylish strip mall
Really like the energy from this Chase bank building - cinder block decorative walls painted green – bei Chase Bank
21 miles in, haven’t hit by a car yet! #WhittierBoulevard – bei Whittier Boulevard ELA Historic Landmark Sign
These haircut style paintings remind me of the cherubs or other figures sometimes painted under arches or corners below domes in cathedrals
Like how these late 19th/early 20th century stores open up onto the corner.
22.22
Espero terminarlo
Missing middle housing with a restaurant on the ground floor
Lots of little stretches that looks like proper city streets
What a perfect fire station 🔔 🔥
Downtown’s come into view
More superheroes
Broadcasting
Love this church’s bell tower ⛪️ 🔔
The entire class has been suspended – bei Puente Learning Center
Spanglish-style, how fitting
Gwen ain’t no hollenbeck girl – bei Hollenbeck Palms
Throwing shade, respectfully
Right up into the corner - waste not, want not
Poco a poco – bei Chavez Bridge
Made it - east Fullerton to LA Union Station - 26.5 miles in 9 hours! Look forward to taking @Metrolink back! 🚄 – bei Union Station
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