01-22-2020, 07:14 AM
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01-22-2020, 08:39 AM
Mad skills!
01-22-2020, 10:24 AM
They just jumping off bridges and all like Braaaaaaap!
01-22-2020, 01:29 PM
Absolutely sic. Great share.
01-31-2020, 04:04 AM
That drone pilot had some skills, too. I think the bridge they're jumping off is the 6th Street Bridge in DTLA. It's been in lots of movies and TV shows, and is slated for demolition/replacement.
01-31-2020, 04:55 AM
Actually it’s 4th Street bridge. You can tell by the vertical cupolas spaced along the edges. Best movie scene from 4th Street is Lee Marvin leaning on one of those verticals to line up a rifle shot in Point Blank in ‘68.
Sadly the 6th Street bridge is long gone. When built around ‘32, chemistry wasn’t as well though out. From LA Consevancy people I’ve spoken with, Portland cement didn’t work well with local LA sand, and the bridge started to dissolve when wet. It has been painted constantly to help protect it but it got to the point that it was no longer safe.
Very sad, it was an LA landmark for years. I can’t tell from the construction of the new bridge so far if it will bear a resemblance to the original.
Sadly the 6th Street bridge is long gone. When built around ‘32, chemistry wasn’t as well though out. From LA Consevancy people I’ve spoken with, Portland cement didn’t work well with local LA sand, and the bridge started to dissolve when wet. It has been painted constantly to help protect it but it got to the point that it was no longer safe.
Very sad, it was an LA landmark for years. I can’t tell from the construction of the new bridge so far if it will bear a resemblance to the original.
02-03-2020, 05:38 AM
I stand corrected.
02-03-2020, 06:50 AM
As far as car stuff filmed on an L.A. bridge, the 6th St. was always the king. I sure hope the new one will be cool looking. I use the nearby 7th St. bridge as my way in and out of downtown, and I stare at the construction site wondering what it will be like.
I'm sort of an L.A. history and movie location nut. Years ago, the L.A. Conservancy did a great tour of the 4th, 6th and 7th street bridges over the L.A. River.
A docent was at each bridge, and gave its history. They also had TVs set up showing clips of all of the movies that had been shot at each bridge. That's how I found about the '68 version of Point Blank. Almost every L.A. car chase scene involved going down the tunnel under the 6th St. bridge and into the river. For the tour, they had relocated a homeless camp and steam cleaned the tunnel so people could walk through it under the bridge and into the river. Their message was "enjoy it while you can, it's coming down soon."
The other jump scene in the video where the bike goes diagonal over the gap in the street is Grand, on top of Bunker Hill. That's the go-to spot for shooting a car commercial in L.A. You have an uphill rise that levels off, with tall buildings on either side. And, you have a large gap in the middle with a road below. The staple commercial is to put a fog machine in the gap, wet the street, and shoot your all new Mazda/Hyundai/etc coming up over the rise on a wet shiny street, and blasting through the fog. The buildings lining the streets give an urban vibe.
I'm sort of an L.A. history and movie location nut. Years ago, the L.A. Conservancy did a great tour of the 4th, 6th and 7th street bridges over the L.A. River.
A docent was at each bridge, and gave its history. They also had TVs set up showing clips of all of the movies that had been shot at each bridge. That's how I found about the '68 version of Point Blank. Almost every L.A. car chase scene involved going down the tunnel under the 6th St. bridge and into the river. For the tour, they had relocated a homeless camp and steam cleaned the tunnel so people could walk through it under the bridge and into the river. Their message was "enjoy it while you can, it's coming down soon."
The other jump scene in the video where the bike goes diagonal over the gap in the street is Grand, on top of Bunker Hill. That's the go-to spot for shooting a car commercial in L.A. You have an uphill rise that levels off, with tall buildings on either side. And, you have a large gap in the middle with a road below. The staple commercial is to put a fog machine in the gap, wet the street, and shoot your all new Mazda/Hyundai/etc coming up over the rise on a wet shiny street, and blasting through the fog. The buildings lining the streets give an urban vibe.
02-03-2020, 08:43 AM
I remember reading about when L.A. had a population of 3500 in 1850, and then it exploded to 15309 during the 1870s.
Mind-blowin', ... really.
Mind-blowin', ... really.
02-03-2020, 09:15 AM
I have some pictures in my archives that are pretty cool. The Petersen Museum is on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. Today, it just blends into the megalopolis of the L.A. Basin. But, looking at a picture of the same intersection in 1924, it's two narrow roads, surrounded by a forest of oil wells.
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