So Cal So Cal

its possible. I know there have been refernces to it in signal hill. But it has changed a lot as the years went on, even for the little bit I have been in the LB area.

navydoc wrote in post #15806348
Wish I could meet up with you fellows at Signal Hill Wednesday. I recall when I was a teenager back in '62 and '63, we used to go to Signal Hill to drive what we called "airplane hill". It was a road with a series of dips and humps that when you got the accelleration right, made you feel like you could experience 0 g's. Anyone else remember that and do you remember what road that was?

make out mountain!

peeaanuut wrote in post #15806413
are you talking about 7th street near Long Beach State?

That is studebaker off second st.

Thanks for the help. It's been many years since I've been to the areas where I grew up in but I still have fond memories of that time. The Pike in Long Beach, cruisin' Tweety Blvd, Bob's Big Boy and Whittier Blvd, Mc Donalds in Downey, Harvey's Broiler also in Downey, grunion hunting at Huntington Beach and even hanging out at Knotts Berry Farm before they charged admission.

Fricks wrote in post #15805460
Just got featured by surfline on Facebook

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Nice! It was a deserving shot for sure

So with our upcoming meetup tomorrow night at Signal Hill, I'll be coordinating the next SoCal get together in the next few weeks... With a little bit of discussion with John (John Photography) on Facebook, we will be doing a dusk-night location shoot in-and-around the Music Hall in downtown LA... Within a couple of blocks from each other (more like across the street), we can cover several locations including:

- Disney Concert Hall
- LA Music Center (Dorthy Chandler Pavillion, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre)
- DWP (Dept. of Water and Power) Fountains
- The Grand Park
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- Views of Downtown LA Skyline

Since the weather being cooperative, it would be a great opportunity to meet-greet-and-shoot the night away... Obviously everyone's schedule is different, so I'll post a few dates/times... With that, the meetup will be based on most attendance for that date... In addition, if you have friends who would also like to participate, they are more than welcome to join this "2013 SoCal POTN Spring LA Nightscape Photowalk"... Anyhoo... Dates forthcoming in the next few days...

navydoc wrote in post #15806635
Thanks for the help. It's been many years since I've been to the areas where I grew up in but I still have fond memories of that time. The Pike in Long Beach, cruisin' Tweety Blvd, Bob's Big Boy and Whittier Blvd, Mc Donalds in Downey, Harvey's Broiler also in Downey, grunion hunting at Huntington Beach and even hanging out at Knotts Berry Farm before they charged admission.

I did whittier Blvd in the 90s before they shut down the cruising

McDonalds in Downey is there still

airbutchie wrote in post #15808083
So with our upcoming meetup tomorrow night at Signal Hill, I'll be coordinating the next SoCal get together in the next few weeks... With a little bit of discussion with John (John Photography) on Facebook, we will be doing a dusk-night location shoot in-and-around the Music Hall in downtown LA... Within a couple of blocks from each other (more like across the street), we can cover several locations including:

- Disney Concert Hall
- LA Music Center (Dorthy Chandler Pavillion, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre)
- DWP (Dept. of Water and Power) Fountains
- The Grand Park
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- Views of Downtown LA Skyline

Since the weather being cooperative, it would be a great opportunity to meet-greet-and-shoot the night away... Obviously everyone's schedule is different, so I'll post a few dates/times... With that, the meetup will be based on most attendance for that date... In addition, if you have friends who would also like to participate, they are more than welcome to join this "2013 SoCal POTN Spring LA Nightscape Photowalk"... Anyhoo... Dates forthcoming in the next few days...

^ sweet. hope i'll be able to join you guys.

I've also just found out that Harveys Broiler has been restored and now owned by Bob's Big Boy. I'm glad a favorite landmark of my youth has been restored...now if only I can get myself restored! Harveys would be an interesting place to shoot I would think.

airbutchie wrote in post #15808083
So with our upcoming meetup tomorrow night at Signal Hill, I'll be coordinating the next SoCal get together in the next few weeks... With a little bit of discussion with John (John Photography) on Facebook, we will be doing a dusk-night location shoot in-and-around the Music Hall in downtown LA... Within a couple of blocks from each other (more like across the street), we can cover several locations including:

- Disney Concert Hall
- LA Music Center (Dorthy Chandler Pavillion, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre)
- DWP (Dept. of Water and Power) Fountains
- The Grand Park
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- Views of Downtown LA Skyline

Since the weather being cooperative, it would be a great opportunity to meet-greet-and-shoot the night away... Obviously everyone's schedule is different, so I'll post a few dates/times... With that, the meetup will be based on most attendance for that date... In addition, if you have friends who would also like to participate, they are more than welcome to join this "2013 SoCal POTN Spring LA Nightscape Photowalk"... Anyhoo... Dates forthcoming in the next few days...

Wow, sounds like a fantastic meetup and wonderful opportunity to shoot in new neighborhood. I really hope I can make it...

airbutchie wrote in post #15808083
So with our upcoming meetup tomorrow night at Signal Hill, I'll be coordinating the next SoCal get together in the next few weeks... With a little bit of discussion with John (John Photography) on Facebook, we will be doing a dusk-night location shoot in-and-around the Music Hall in downtown LA... Within a couple of blocks from each other (more like across the street), we can cover several locations including:

- Disney Concert Hall
- LA Music Center (Dorthy Chandler Pavillion, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre)
- DWP (Dept. of Water and Power) Fountains
- The Grand Park
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- Views of Downtown LA Skyline

Since the weather being cooperative, it would be a great opportunity to meet-greet-and-shoot the night away... Obviously everyone's schedule is different, so I'll post a few dates/times... With that, the meetup will be based on most attendance for that date... In addition, if you have friends who would also like to participate, they are more than welcome to join this "2013 SoCal POTN Spring LA Nightscape Photowalk"... Anyhoo... Dates forthcoming in the next few days...

sweet! throw out a few dates and if i'm not booked, i'm there!

thanks for setting this up AB!

navydoc wrote in post #15808436
I've also just found out that Harveys Broiler has been restored and now owned by Bob's Big Boy. I'm glad a favorite landmark of my youth has been restored...now if only I can get myself restored! Harveys would be an interesting place to shoot I would think.

It was johnnys broiler in my day haha

navydoc - I think the street you're thinking of is Hill St. My first time being up there were in the early/mid 80's, still had plenty of oil wells, now a really nice park and condos.

We also used to go down that street at night, and was especially scary from the back seat, 'cause you can't see the bottom of the road. They've added a landscaped median to it now, and somehow not as scary as before.

when i first got my car I stopped in the middle of the uphill on HIll st and dropped the clutch at 3500k, ended up getting through 4th gear before I decided to knock it off. Unfortunately I lost 2/32 of my tire life. lol

Anybody ever do any San Diego meets? I would like to meet up and share/gain some tips.