{"id":121,"date":"2009-02-14T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-10-21T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T21:01:06","slug":"los-angeles-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdaYzkl63I\/AAAAAAAABGs\/MtQrTR3MdyM\/s1600-h\/LA+nouveau.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302806468459096946\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 217px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdaYzkl63I\/AAAAAAAABGs\/MtQrTR3MdyM\/s320\/LA+nouveau.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPr8VUaI\/AAAAAAAABGk\/DhQgv9Szh-Y\/s1600-h\/IMGP3202.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803013257482658\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPr8VUaI\/AAAAAAAABGk\/DhQgv9Szh-Y\/s320\/IMGP3202.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Never let anyone tell you Los Angeles is not fun. It is a most diverse city; culturally, architecturally; gastronomically. Full of Flowers. All that money has truly attracted the best of the best.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>There is however , never a quite moment. there is always noise from something somewhere. It is a walking city contrary to urban myth. There are so many neighborhoods. The weather, what can I say, coming from New England, it is paradise.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>I am a New Englander, burdened with the past, the puritan ethic that I deserve to suffer; and if I am having fun, something must be wrong and I will be somehow punished. It makes it hard to embrace paradise feeling that way, but I can try.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPjCXODI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/9jnB203nQb4\/s1600-h\/mels+drive+in.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803010866853938\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 218px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPjCXODI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/9jnB203nQb4\/s320\/mels+drive+in.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPUppyMI\/AAAAAAAABGU\/ajKYKxyM-VE\/s1600-h\/mayan+theatre.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803007005116610\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 217px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPUppyMI\/AAAAAAAABGU\/ajKYKxyM-VE\/s320\/mayan+theatre.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPQhUepI\/AAAAAAAABGM\/STGJ7H06aY0\/s1600-h\/onion+dome+LA.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803005896424082\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 222px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPQhUepI\/AAAAAAAABGM\/STGJ7H06aY0\/s320\/onion+dome+LA.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPAmPhaI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/HHNRzsTyXa4\/s1600-h\/church+2005+6.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803001622103458\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 218px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SZdXPAmPhaI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/HHNRzsTyXa4\/s320\/church+2005+6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never let anyone tell you Los Angeles is not fun. It is a most diverse city; culturally, architecturally; gastronomically. Full of Flowers. All that money has truly attracted the best of the best. There is however , never a quite moment. there is always noise from something somewhere. 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