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Photos: The View From Up Here

Photos: The View From Up Here
       

Sure, on a clear day you can see forever and all, but from up in our hills, on most any day--even on a chilly, mid-May, between rainstorms kind of day--you can see a pretty spectacular view. These photos, by LAist Featured Photos pool © Albert's Canon Photography | L.A.°, were taken in Nichols Canyon. Check them out here, and then head for the hills to see the view yourself. more ›

Council to Vote on Proposed Flashy Downtown Skyscrapers

Council to Vote on Proposed Flashy Downtown Skyscrapers

Imagine the DTLA skyline including a pair of skyscrapers whose top levels are lit up with colorful flashing bulbs in a variety of imagery. That is what could happen in the stead of the almost-60-year-old Wilshire Grand Hotel, should the LA City Council vote to approve a proposed project backed by Korean Air that would see the erection of a 45-story hotel and companion 65-story office building, according to ABC7. more ›

Alien Ships Attack Los Angeles!

Alien Ships Attack Los Angeles!

Speaking of crazy things lighting up the skies above Southern California, Universal Pictures' upcoming release Skyline is pretty much all about that. With their targets set right for Los Angeles' downtown skyline, aliens basically blast the heck out of the City of Angels, just as Stephen Hawking predicted. The rest is movie magic! more ›

Add This to One of Our Favorite Photos of LA

Add This to One of Our Favorite Photos of LA

Mick Orlosky, who blogs at his own site called redfishingboat and is an LAist Featured Photos contributor on Flickr, submitted this beautiful and surreal photo that he snapped yesterday. "You could walk it, take some five six hours," he wrote in the title space of the photo.
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Found in LA: Snow Capped Mountain Skyline

Found in LA: Snow Capped Mountain Skyline

Seeing such a dominant swath of white broadly blanketing the mountaintops behind our downtown skyline is rare, and LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor jslander teases in this photo's title: "L.A. or Denver?" more ›

Going BIG in LA

Going BIG in LA

Guest Day Editor LA City Nerd will be joining LAist with a few posts throughout the day. Read the introductory interview here and check out the nerd's blog. Everyone knows Los Angeles is the second largest City in the US, but here are some LA City Nerd facts you might not have known... 1. LA City has the largest urban forest of any City in the US. 2. LA City has the largest municipal street... more ›

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