Mittel’s Art Center is now open for business at 2499 Lincoln! The family owned (since 1954) and operated retail art supply store and custom frame shop was most recently located at Bay and Lincoln in Santa Monica. If you need some framing done or art supplies, go check them out and welcome them to the [...]

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From Mick: Here’s a Google Earth file I knocked up with a 200 foot high Ferris wheel in the approximate location. It’s the wrong type of wheel, but it’s about the right size. The area of grass I put it on is 210 feet long, and I just eyeballed the scale. Click here to download [...]

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From the Venice Stakeholders Association: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Re: Great Observation Wheel Dear Sirs and Madams: Your department has solicited community views on a proposal to allow the installation, for a temporary period, of a 200 foot Ferris wheel, known as the Great Observation Wheel, at the foot of [...]

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A spirited group of cyclists held a pier to pier ride on the bike path to protest the new park closing hours last night at 12:15am. Neal, the organizer of the ride, said that it was “pretty non eventful” as poor weather made for a small turnout, but there were a handful of cyclists on [...]

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