GETTING A HANDLE ON LOS ANGELES by Tyke O'Brien https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54 Write quotes, ideas, phrases, words, or examples of factual evidence that relates to each column. en-us 2022-01-13 17:03:59 UTC 2025-10-11 00:02:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f307.png Built on Dreamers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998895847 Gold Rush, Hollywood, CA Lottery]]> 2022-01-18 20:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998895847 Homeless People https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998898234 There are homeless people littered throughout Los Angeles]]> 2022-01-18 20:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998898234 Distinct Class Divide https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900036 2022-01-18 20:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900036 "Some of the best architecture and some of the worst architecture, sometimes 10 inches away from each other" - Moby on Los Angeles video https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900732 2022-01-18 20:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900732 LA is glorified and overrated https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900777 Outsiders seem to only know LA by it's beauties and glamorous lifestyle associated with it, however it is much less perfect than how it is perceived.]]> 2022-01-18 20:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998900777 Destitution & gated communities, incarceration & liberal policies https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998902254 2022-01-18 20:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998902254 Architecture https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903411 Architecture influences a given place— can provide a sense of belonging and or loneliness. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903411 Freeways/traffic https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903538 2022-01-18 20:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903538 https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903540 "LA was an example of what cities were not supposed to be" - Reyner Banham video]]> 2022-01-18 20:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903540 Homeless https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903626 People living in tents and digging through trash next to the "Hollywood Walk of Fame"]]> 2022-01-18 20:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903626 objects staying in the same position/orientation 22leec6 https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903829 2022-01-18 20:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998903829 https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998904103 LA seems to have the most opportunity, but it is the most damaging towards mental health]]> 2022-01-18 20:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998904103 Massive, uncontainable urban sprawl https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998904359 2022-01-18 20:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998904359 "unspeakable sprawling mess" https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998905320 2022-01-18 20:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998905320 Urban Sprawl, a mix of suburbia and urban https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998905643 2022-01-18 20:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998905643 "The US seat of both destitution and gated communities" https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906244 2022-01-18 20:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906244 Anything can happen https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906415 "every minute is tabula rosa"]]> 2022-01-18 20:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906415 city of oddballs https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906560 2022-01-18 20:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906560 The higher the ground, the higher the income 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906807 2022-01-18 20:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906807 22leec6 https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906999 LA is like a modern medieval landscape: there are tons of private property and massive wealth inequalities]]> 2022-01-18 20:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998906999 Scant history and tradition freed us up to create new myths https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907123 2022-01-18 20:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907123 "Mass produced fantasy for people to live in" https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907179 People have fantasies when moving to LA, whether to be among different types of nature or because of Hollywood dreams.]]> 2022-01-18 20:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907179 ambiguous https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907303 2022-01-18 20:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907303 22notleyj https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907787 Ice Cube discusses how LA's reputation is based off of a subjective, personal view.]]> 2022-01-18 20:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998907787 Celebrities https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908449 The fantasy of living in Hollywood, and seeing dozens of celebrities on your doorstep]]> 2022-01-18 20:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908449 2 sided - Lily https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908564 LA is seen as a place where one can accomplish their hopes and dreams (ie American Dream) yet it is also somewhere that is deeply seperated in terms of politics, race, and economic status. There are damaging heirarchies embedded in LA creating more opportunity for some over others ]]> 2022-01-18 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908564 hedonistic architecture 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908638 2022-01-18 20:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998908638 LA seems to be glamorous but its dirty https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909439 2022-01-18 20:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909439 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909536 shaped by mediated images]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909536 Absurdities specific to LA https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909690 - Freeway driving 
- Monopoly over WATER (Holy Water by Joan Didion)
- "Hollywood"]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909690 Activism - Lily https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909731 LA has served as an important location for impactful activism and protests. I think this reflects the new generations living in LA and the desire to create positive change. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909731 Multi-centered and scattered https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909748 2022-01-18 20:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998909748 Diverse - Lily https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910001 LA is a beautiful epi-center of different cultures, ethnicities, races, and identities. Although marginalized groups struggle with the discrimination and racism that has a prominent history in LA - these diverse groups make LA, LA. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910001 Freeways https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910398 "Each freeway has its own personality"
- Ice Cube
Freeways connect all parts of LA and each has its own characteristics defined by the people that use them and the areas they pass through.]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910398 Swamp land glazed by cement...Desert parcels cracked by quakes 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910513 2022-01-18 20:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910513 Capital of liberal policy https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910727 2022-01-18 20:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998910727 Architecture is contemporary and built by current constituents --> egalitarian and democratic (Ashlyn) https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998912126 2022-01-18 20:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998912126 22notleyj https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998912913 "not about pieces, but about how they work together" ]]> 2022-01-18 20:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998912913 Its hard to separate the outside world from the interior landscape https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913477 2022-01-18 20:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913477 Baffling, byzantine, fantastically un-cohesive 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913579 2022-01-18 20:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913579 Fine line between doom and wild hope https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913583 2022-01-18 20:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913583 Traffic https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913843 not only is the traffic problem damaging to the metal health of the populous, it is also harming the environment ]]> 2022-01-18 20:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998913843 High cost of living https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998914124 Threat of gentrification, deterioration of communities because of freeway construction]]> 2022-01-18 20:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998914124 Fame and fortune - Lily https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998914989 The harsh reality about LA is that it is HARD to make it big. Although Hollywood has produced some of the biggest names... they are one in a million. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998914989 Terrible Traffic https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915231 A result of the combination of the unsurpassed urban sprawl and poor city planning of L.A.]]> 2022-01-18 20:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915231 Untouchable & Unshakeable Reputation https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915346 City of "opportunity"
California Dreamin' ethos
Superficial Surfin USA 
- skin-deep superficiality present in California
Thinking the state of only summer clothing is exclusively home to the weekend farmers market-goers is naive
Facade filled lands]]> 2022-01-18 20:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915346 We made it up as we went along— no specific plan https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915919 2022-01-18 20:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998915919 22notleyj https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998916460 fantasy of freedom and how that correlates to the love of driving]]> 2022-01-18 20:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998916460 high cost of living 22leec6 https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998917210 Rent, gas, food, and other commodities is the expensive price to pay for living in LA. With more people than good-paying jobs, financial security in a city of dreams may turn out more bleak than originally thought of.]]> 2022-01-18 20:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998917210 A City Without a Past, but an Infinite Present and Future https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998917605 2022-01-18 20:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998917605 Boiling pot of various cultures https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998918271 2022-01-18 20:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998918271 This boujee Hollywood idea is the dominant perception of LA https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998919136 People outside of LA think the Hollywood lifestyle applies to everyone when most people from LA don't even live close to that kind of scene. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998919136 22winterstellers https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998921285 Lack of a coherent, densified, space ]]> 2022-01-18 20:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998921285 LA Architecture https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998923754 Googie Architecture vs. Modern Architecture vs. Eames Architecture ("they made structure and nature one")]]> 2022-01-18 20:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998923754 "One man's eyesore is another man's paradise" -Ice Cube https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998924404 Every building in LA has rich history and means different things to different people.]]> 2022-01-18 20:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998924404 The outward image of LA was created by Hollywood https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998927260 Film has fabricated so much of what people believe to be LA. Not every house is the South Pasadena two story from Father of the Bride]]> 2022-01-18 20:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998927260 Dreams/Creativity and Faceless Mega Corporations https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998928599 2022-01-18 20:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998928599 History of street art https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998937897 Different from the cramped cites of NY, our vast valleys of concrete is covered in murals and graffiti, claiming identity for a community or individual ]]> 2022-01-18 20:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/1998937897 well maintained roads https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015328474 The lighting, smoothness, or colors (solid or faded) of lines will depend on the area.]]> 2022-01-27 08:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015328474 Los Angeles = The Angels https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015332180 is this really true with the crime, poverty, and greed that fills the city?]]> 2022-01-27 08:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015332180 Sports teams https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015333596 LA has a history of great sports teams]]> 2022-01-27 08:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015333596 City Life https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015338898 The glorious idea of being in tall buildings amongst the sounds of cars and people in the streets.]]> 2022-01-27 08:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015338898 Los Angeles' History with Gangs and Gang Activity https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015342192 2022-01-27 08:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tobrien28/838jn5dynqs5zq54/wish/2015342192