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DSC07042a a photo by neonspecs on Flickr.

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DSC05681a a photo by neonspecs on Flickr.

Dining Car!

Dining Car! a photo by neonspecs on Flickr.

If only this meal was tasty.

Seattle Skyline

Seattle Skyline a photo by neonspecs on Flickr.

sound

sound a photo by neonspecs on Flickr.

Seattle was so fresh and crisp and beautiful. For real.

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DSC08148a
Originally uploaded by neonspecs

The Bird(man) of Alcatraz

The Birdman of Alcatraz
Originally uploaded by neonspecs

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DSC02919a
Originally uploaded by neonspecs

'the hidden geography of production'

'the hidden geography of production'
Originally uploaded by neonspecs

I googled the title I gave to this picture when I posted it. Google has never heard of it. So it's probably something from one of my college geography classes. It's pretty clear what it means, right?

UCLA Japanese Garden

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Originally uploaded by neonspecs

Obviously, I've been spending a lot of time looking at the UCLA Library Digital Collections.

Here's an interesting set to ponder:

Today: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=main+st+and+alameda+st&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=N+Alameda+St+%26+N+Main+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90012&gl=us&ei=uYEGTd3iGo-msQOs8enzBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

1877, "Lands of the Los Angeles City Water Company": http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0015zzqq