Just Above Sunset
Volume 5, Number 10
March 11, 2007

Hollywood Grit

 The world as seen from Just Above Sunset -

"Notes on how things seem from out here in Hollywood..."

Hollywood Saturday morning - 3 February - just off the boulevard -

Homelees man asleep, Hollywood

Above -

The former Christie Hotel, 6724 Hollywood Boulevard

The irony is obvious, and too easy… the Christie Hotel is now another Scientology center.

The former Christie Hotel, 6724 Hollywood Boulevard

Next door -

Hollywood Beauty Center, broken neon sign, Hollywood Boulevard

Life goes on…

Rokbar, Hollywood - neon signage

They have the right idea at the Stella Adler Theater.

Stella Adler Theater marquee, Hollywood Boulevard

And just down the street, that Saturday morning, the world premier of Bridge to Terabithia at the Disney El Capitan - "Fifth grader Jesse Aaron's hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and discover a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen." Kids everywhere. The new Disney film is based on the children's fiction book by Katherine Paterson published in 1977, which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. Perhaps it is about escaping the grit.

The world premier of Bridge to Terabithia at the Disney El Capitan, Hollywood - 3 Februaart 2007
The world premier of Bridge to Terabithia at the Disney El Capitan, Hollywood - 3 Februaart 2007

If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.

These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The original large-format raw files are available upon request.

[Hollywood Grit]

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Pacific Time

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - Alan M. Pavlik

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