I went viral today!
Channel 7 in Los Angeles, (my old TV station), posted my photo of the Hollywood Sign with the snow covered mountains in Los Angeles. At last count it has seventy thousand hits and sixteen thousand shares. Of course, I forgot to put my name on it.
As I often do, I grabbed a camera while I was leaving to walk the dog. This was the view about four blocks from home.
Here is the link to ABC7's Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=583509857250986&set=a.334066472195327
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Lincoln, right north of Ballona Creek (the wetlands were between the creek and us, with Culver Blvd bisecting it) and across the street from Cedars-Sinai in the other direction. I so miss that whole area, Mar Vista, Palms, Culver City, Playa Vista and Playa Del Rey, Venice (only to a point with Venice Beach, lol, we preferred Dockweiler Beach, so much less crowded), etc.
Small world.
was a semi carbon copy of this style:
Are you saying there is a probability that I grew up in a slum? Perhaps I am reading too much into it.
In the positive side, I also am certain that the comment would not have been made if we were in a face to face situation, as, for the record, I am a mixed race, part black female. I have a white Swedish father (my wife and I have lived in Stockholm now for several years), and a Bajan, (i.e. from Barbados) multiracial mum. Of course, unless you are familiar with my background (which I have shared on DU many times, but you only joined DU in mid 2022, so may not have encountered me elaborating on it before) you would not know that, so I am sure there was no intended bias.
I grew up in South Kensington, London, btw, which, I am happy to report, does not have any 'Projects' aka, in British parlance, council estates (social housing) that are often situated in problematic, vulnerable areas. A notable exception, and somewhat near to my area of west London would be Churchill Gardens in Pimlico (Pimlico is directly to the southeast of Belgravia, one of the most expensive neighbourhoods on the planet), but that area is now overall very posh (most of the Westminster area has been for centuries, it is where Buckingham Place, et al. are located), and there have been multiple (still ongoing) controversies over the estate for decades, as developers want to demolish large parts of it and turn it into extremely high end housing.
I was born in Los Angeles (I am the only US citizen in my family, my wife included), but my parents moved back to London when I was a young toddler. I had always wanted to go back and live in L.A. for a spell, and I was able to do just that whilst I read for a masters degree at uni there.
cheers,
Cel
1 to 1.5 million usd or so now, depending on size and location and level of work done.
The have at least doubled in price in the last in the last 8 to 10 years, and have went up 500 to 700 plus per cent I do believe since the 1990s when my parents bought the unit (and kept as an investment after they moved back to London, they have let (rented) it out for ages) we lived in when I was born. My wife and I lived in it whilst I was going to uni there (she worked full time), and yes, we paid them rent (and paid all utilities), albeit not market value, lol, we got the fam discount. 
Our HOA was super chill, but some of the complexes' HOAs in La Villa Marina are quite the little condo commandos (par for the course from all I have seen of America, including reading tales of woe on DU from some posters, although Swedish bostadsrättsförening, i.e. condo boards, can be every bit as crazy and nasty, the Swedish rental/ownership system us so complex and maddening for so many,, especially our rental system (we own here thank fuck), which is INSANE, not at ALL like the US or the UK, it is a massive weak part of the entire country's underpinnings). My cousin on mummy's side now lives in the LA unit, after she sold her Santa Monica home that she got half of in her divorce settlement (a whole other nightmare story that was, arfff).
Outstanding! 
I agree, this shot is bound to become iconic.
Congrats, Ross.
The 2 tall palm trees against that snow and grey sky. If the Hollywood sign wasn't there you might not guess the location.
Congratulations!
For those not from L.A., the tallest mountains are the San Gabriels, which divide the Mediterranean-climate L.A. area from the Mojave Desert on their other side, and the lower range in front of them is the Verdugos. We lived in West Hollywood long ago (still miss it!) and then near Pasadena in the sloping valley between the two ranges.
Used to be the San Gabriels were covered in white for months every winter and spring, the postcard picture with people strolling Hollywood Boulevard in sun dresses and shorts.
have a number of old friends there who'll be very familiar with the location. One couple probably still bikes Ballona Creek. I'm sending them a link to the picture.
to the coast, not farther. A bit longer drive up to the snow. Oh, well.
on my FB page before I saw it here; only the best make it there.
Historic!
Your photo is stunning! Thanks for posting
meaning for me and my family..
We all had our photo taken with it in the Background after my Sister's memorial in January 2019. 
Mahalo! I plan to link it to my other sisters so they can see it, too.. and her son.
I've never seen that tower before. Is it new?
i saw the picture and told her it was taken by someone on du
so i went looking for this thread (i saw it the other day) and messaged her the link
thought you'd get a bit of a kick out of it.
Link to tweet
This is my fifteen minutes of fame.
I think I have to start using Twitter, even though I hate Elon Musk!
