TDW 1824 - Wandering Thru Downtown Los Angeles
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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leaving Hollywood Boulevard behind and
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heading into the nether regions of the
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subway system but I have caffeine so I
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I'll and you're here you're here too so
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it's the daily
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woo you beat me to it as I descended
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these stairs I was very
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confused is that a spot that you're
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supposed to carine your nether regions
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over to wipe your tokus I don't know
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that doesn't that doesn't seem legit
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currently about to take the red line we
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are located here and we will be
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traveling and in a route all the way to
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this destination stay behind the yellow
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line and there is a reason for that
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the this one's to Union
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Station yeah this one's to Union
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Station
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now Square station check this old
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classic car out equipped with flames and
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a spider web right there tucked away in
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the corner of the roof I like the color
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and I like this
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mirral the unzipping of the wall I don't
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know if that's the technical term but I
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like that out for their walk enjoying
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the Southern California
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Sun have a good one fellas I need one of
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those that's
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uh that's the way to get around downtown
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right there right here next to Angel's
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flight that they are doing quite a bit
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of construction on probably soon will be
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open again is this vulture titled the
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California condor
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Hitchcock would be proud This indoor
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Mark is pretty amazing not only for the
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permeating delicious smells that are
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wafting through the halls but all the
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neon
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signage pretty awesome and very clever
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names Ramen hood and what's going on
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with this egg that must be someone
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who really likes breakfast if you're so
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inclined to ride a bicycle down here you
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have a place to park it directly under
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the double pig heads it will be safe
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guarded by the pigs I'm fascinated by
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this old mural Victor clothing company
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with an old clock on the Marquee and no
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longer tells the accurate
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time but gives a remnant of the past
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little history in Downtown LA coming
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through folks coming through sidewalk
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Zamboni coming through
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isn't that what those are called Zamboni
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very reminiscent of what they use to
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clean off ice rinks right that's but
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it's on the sidewalk which I've never
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seen that before the sheer magnitude and
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size of this mural of Anthony Quinn is
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pretty breathtaking probably I don't
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know 100 100 ft tall how tall do you
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think that is billion feet tall that's
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not completely accurate you know that's
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zor by the Greek and over time this has
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been here for a while started to
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decompose
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chip away and last year they renovated
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it repainted it and now it's back to its
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former glory
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impressive most
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impressive and now for the test old
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phone booth well kind of a half phone
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booth does it work is there is the phone
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working is it in working order is it
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works it works it works I finally
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invented no it doesn't work wait no
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somebody stole the phone book he was
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lying he said it worked and it doesn't
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it's completely not operational oh my
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gosh I love the little Mohawk here
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what's up I like your hair very stylish
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a few happenings across the road there
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some police presence some handcuffs
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involved it's all part of the experience
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I think my favorite thing about br
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Broadway definitely are all the old
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movie theaters that are located here the
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Roxy the Marquee States how can this
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something of course some of the Conant
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and vowels have been removed and look at
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the painting on the ground this is
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history that I am currently Meandering
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over of course most of them are no
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longer showing any films or plays but
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the
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mares all still remain if I only had
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some food I could feed the birds t b t
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t the Ambiance down here is amazing old
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newspaper stands I love it it's almost
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as if every block has its own theater
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and sometimes two of them there's the
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palace right there on the left and of
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course a main theme back then were these
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big clocks which most people don't look
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at clocks anymore more we all have the
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time on our phones just outside the
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smoke shop if you look up will be the
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largest pack of cigarettes I've ever
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seen just one of those is the size of a
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tree trunk that's that's huge Ash that's
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right yes yes yes that sounded nothing
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like Pierce broen what are you talking
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about James
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F stepped inside an old restaurant
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called
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Clifton's has a rich history downtown
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going to get some food not only do they
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have sweet Tiki mugs but there is some
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sort of a wild animal down there already
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devouring his prey what the heck he he
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didn't even wait on a table he just
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started eating already this turtle is
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made completely out of flour it is a
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bread
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turtle that is I've never seen anything
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like that or the alligator or is that a
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crocodile version as well basically the
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way it works is you walk over this neon
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sign and then you grab a tray and get
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your meal oh come on snake get your head
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out of that that guy he's got his head
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buried up where it shouldn't belong and
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I am going to indulge in a turkey pot
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pie look how decorative this thing is
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out of all of these desserts I have
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opted for the most colorful piece of
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jello known to man yeah that's uh that's
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that's happening this place is
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incredible they have a huge tree in the
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dining area Lions no tigers or bears oh
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my well I stand corrected there actually
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is a bear there is a bear and let's be
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honest how many restaurants have a
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castle inside the building I am now
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peeking out the window of the tower
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itself pretty cool very very tight
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quarters though to get inside of there
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that's for sure after reading this sign
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I find it amazing that they have the
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oldest continuously active neon light in
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the world installed in the
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1930s and it's still
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going that's incredible look at that
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that's how amazing is that a little
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scale model behind this piece of glass
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this is what it looks like miniaturized
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and this is what it looks like real size
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also called The Cabinet of Curiosities
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coming up to my Road Adams
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Boulevard into the smog this is the sign
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of the day no shirt no
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shoes no dice just like in Fast Times at
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Ridgemont High I found one of the
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coolest book stores right here on the
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Boulevard and it's been open for like 50
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something years called Larry Edmonds
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so
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awesome he's a Peeping Tom a little Back
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to the Future quote spray painted there
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on the ground I may or may not have gone
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just a little overboard with
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research research materials I was going
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to just buy one or two but then I said
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heck it I'm going to completely immerse
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myself in my new neighborhood all of
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these images of America books I have
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quite a few of these from all over the
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country they're basically a series of
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books that certain people from the area
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will write and this images of America
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company will publish them and this is
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all for the neck of the woods that I now
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live in oh yes I'm going to dig deep I'm
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going to dig very
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deep and I probably need to wash them
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off too because this is probably not the
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most sanitary place to be stashing these
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so I'm going to get I'm going to clean
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clean these off and then I'm going to
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get to reading
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Vlog
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over I don't know why I ended with that
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shot of the boulevard but I did see you
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tomorrow