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The streetlight museum lights up Downtown LA
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
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Dan Carino
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Episode 13534
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The streetlight museum lights up Downtown LA

LA's hottest new museum is is in a building downtown and only open a half hour a month, Tony Danza write letters to Tupac, bunnies glow downtown
The Streetlight Museum at the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works building was dedicated in January 2015. Los Angeles is the second largest city streetlight system in the country, second to New York City.
The Streetlight Museum at the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works building was dedicated in January 2015. Los Angeles is the second largest city streetlight system in the country, second to New York City.
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LA's hottest new museum is is in a building downtown and only open a half hour a month, Tony Danza write letters to Tupac, bunnies glow downtown

Here's why you're seeing giant glowing rabbits in downtown Los Angeles
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Like almost all esoteric Los Angeles phenomena, the answer is simple: art. Catch it now before they go away on June 11.
Hollywood Fringe: Tony Danza's prison pen-pal was Tupac Shakur
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Leather and lace. Strawberries and pepper. Here's another surprising pairing: actor Tony Danza and rapper Tupac Shakur.
There's a hidden museum of streetlights in downtown Los Angeles
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Run by Los Angeles' Bureau of Street Lighting, it opens to the public for just 30 minutes, once a month.
Directing a comic book blockbuster is Hollywood's dream gig — unless you've made one already
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Directors of blockbuster comic book movies are discovering that, shockingly, Hollywood is about making money — not art — and they don't like it.
Groundbreaking artist Claire Falkenstein's infinite appeal seen in 2 new shows
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Twenty years after her death, there are, amazingly enough, two generous shows of Falkenstein’s work going on in LA County. And there's always St Basil's on Wilshire Boulevard.
Song of the week: "2 Young" by T.O.L.D.
The Los Angeles artist T.O.L.D. — it stands for The Order of Life and Death — performs live on Saturday, June 18 at Union Station.