On April 3, 2013, Alex and I were given a tour of USC's classical FM radio station, KUSC, whose studios are located in the AT&T building at 1149 South Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles. Our host was Eric DeWeese, General Manager of KUSC. While there, we met and chatted with on-air morning hosts Dennis Bartel and Alan Chapman. Here is Mr. Bartel's famous description of the KUSC studios:
"Broadcasting from the bottom of . . ."
". . . the glass-top building . . .
A view of the new Grand Park from the western entrance on Grand Avenue atop Bunker Hill. That's Los Angeles City Hall in the background.
To see 10 of the photos that I took of the Park on 3 August 2012, click here.
See also this short video of the Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain:
Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain from Robert Stallings on Vimeo.
A maple bacon doughnut . . .
. . . from the Nickel Diner, 524 South Main Street, Los Angeles. A big “Thanks” to Janette Brown for advice about reheating and to Guy Fieri for featuring this item on one of his recent shows.
Burnt Glass from the First Interstate Bank Tower Fire (2.0 cm x 2.5 cm x 0.6 cm)
When the 62-story First Interstate Bank building, at 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, opened in 1973, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. At 10:30 p.m. on May 4, 1988, a fire broke out on the 12th floor and, over the next three hours and 45 minutes, spread upward to the 13th through 16th floors. The building had no sprinkler system. Floors 12 through 15 were destroyed as was half of the 16th floor. A maintenance worker was killed when elevator doors opened onto one of the burning floors; 40 firefighters were injured fighting the blaze. I found this small (3/4" x 1" x 1/4") piece of burnt glass on the sidewalk on 6th Street (along the northeastern side of the building) two days after the fire.
