The Los Angeles Public Library was a show called L.A. Untangled, hosted by Kelly Wallace. If you haven't seen it, you will probably want to check it out. The last episode starred my friend, Victoria Bernal (@LAHistory). The one before that -- the debut -- starred Elizabeth Ito, of whom I am a new but … Continue reading An Appearance on LAPL’s “L.A. Untangled”
Tag: Folk Art
Art in the Streets — The Happy Foot/Sad Foot (1986-2019)
For more than three decades, the Happy Foot/Sad Food sign has loomed over the intersection of Benton Way and Sunset Boulevard, just west of "the cut," a canyon cut into a sandstone hill for the Ostrich Railway in 1887 Although designed as an advertisement for Sunset Foot Clinic, it became a symbol of the Mideast … Continue reading Art in the Streets — The Happy Foot/Sad Foot (1986-2019)
Eric Brightwell 