Wednesday, April 27, 2011

New Feature: The BEST of Tropico Station

I've created a new permanent page called The BEST of Tropico Station. If you're new to the site, start here.

A small sample of the "Best Of":

My all-time favorite post: stills from the Glendale locations featured in Crime Wave, an obscure 1952 film noir filmed almost entirely on the mean streets of downtown Glendale, alongside new photographs I took of the same locations today.
http://tropicostation.blogspot.com/2008/09/glendale-on-film-crime-wave-1952.html

Why the heck is one of our main streets named "Chevy Chase"? Who or what is Chevy Chase? Is it the same as the comedian?
http://tropicostation.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-heck-is-chevy-chase.html

The awesomely spooky abandoned old LA Zoo in Griffith Park is absolutely worth visiting! Photos and directions:
http://tropicostation.blogspot.com/2008/05/abandoned-zoo.html

Another of my all-time favorite posts: I was asked to help explore and identify a mysterious abandoned settlement/camp in the Verdugos.
http://tropicostation.blogspot.com/2010/03/mysterious-ruins-of-verdugos.html
The follow up post, where I solve the mystery thanks to Glendale's awesomely knowledgeable Special Collections librarian:
http://tropicostation.blogspot.com/2010/03/mystery-of-ruins-solved.html

Directions to prominent early Glendalian Leslie Brand's eerie hidden cemetery in Brand Park. He's buried under a giant stone pyramid!
More pictures from the hidden cemetery:


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