http://laist.com/2007/12/19/found_in_la_on.php All comments for Found in LA: A Sign of the Past en-us 2008 la_jeremy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2007/12/19/found_in_la_on.php#comment-1254874 http://laist.com/2007/12/19/found_in_la_on.php#comment-1254874 Comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:13:50 -0800 <p>This is a great picture! The story of Venice is fascinating, and also sad. I often teach a short excerpt in one of my classes called "Slum by the Sea" by Lawrence Lipton about Venice in the 1950s. What's also fascinating about Venice's bad rap at that time was that it led to skateboarding culture as we know it today. </p>