Crossing the L.A. River on the Sixth Street Bridge
A drive over the Sixth Street bridge from Downtown into Boyle Heights at dusk in the final weeks of the bridge’s existence. A long good-bye.
Broadway
LAVA visits Ernest Batchelder’s Dutch Chocolate Shoppe
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Clifton’s Unveiling
Clifton's facade from the 1960s
Clifton’s facade from the 1960s
On the evening of February 7, 2012, the “modern” metal grate that was applied to the historic 1935 facade of Clifton’s Cafeteria circa 1962 was removed in advance of the next day’s press conference about plans for the building’s restoration. This video shows stills of the removal process, and the unveiling itself.