As someone who has endured and emerged from injuries sustained due to life-threatening, blunt-force trauma, the physical and psychological wounds heal in time, but nagging reminders remain. In my case thirty years after and for the rest of my life. On the evening of July 6, 1994, I was heading home to Van Nuys from …
In May of 2023 I had the honor of participating in a program at Central Library celebrating the 191st birthday of Angels Flight’s builder Col. J.W. Eddy. For my part I dug around whatever digital newspaper archives I could access and came up with a bunch of old stories about the funicular as well as …
Forty years before he became the visionary builder of downtown Los Angeles’ Angels Flight funicular, James Ward Eddy found himself in the nation’s capital when the Civil War began and on the front lines vastly outnumbered protecting the capital and the president. Found via two sources within the archives of newspapers.com’s archives, reprinted and transcribed …
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This cup belonged to my daughter. It was part of a “The Little Mermaid” set that included a matching plate, bowl, fork, knife and spoon given her as a gift when she a few years old. I can’t remember what for, if it was her birthday or Christmas. I can’t remember exactly when, sometime in …
At or near their outsets, I usually like to get my shifts at Angels Flight energized up and into cruise control with a musical selection that I’ve dubbed the “morning shiftkicker,” and sometimes I record it. In this case there is that rather unique musical selection (starts with my intro at about the 14:00 mark …
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