Lighting Up Downtown

By Eric Richardson
Published: Friday, January 20, 2006, at 02:32PM

DSC00678 Eric Richardson [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — I have no plans to see Fast and the Furious 3, but I’ve really enjoyed seeing their Downtown shoot.

I took the shot at right on my walk home last night. They had a bank of lights way up on a crane casting this yellow light on the buildings at the corner of 7th and Hope. The picture from my cellphone doesn’t do it any kind of justice, but the effect was very cool.

I’m also a big fan of the dense blanket of christmas lights they’ve placed on the trees in that stretch of Wilshire. At a DLANC meeting recently someone asked if we could just keep them. As with the faux-neon on the 4th Street overpass, sometimes these shoots give you an interesting perspective on what light treatment Downtown could use.

And speaking of shooting, I’d recommend taking a trip down Broadway to check out the new neon on the front of the Palace. I did a double-take on that one last night.



Comments

1
Bill M writes:

There were some serious skid marks, I assume from the filming, at Grand and Wilshire last weekend.

# on Jan.20.2006 AT 03:36 PM
2
Scott Mercer writes:

That transformation of The Palace into the Detroit Theatre was for the movie version of Dreamgirls. Glad somebody got some pix of that. That was only up for about a week.

# on Jan.24.2006 AT 12:40 PM
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Eric Richardson writes:

Also check out this great daytime shot of the Detroit neon:

http://flickr.com/photos/someonewalksinla/89783688/

# on Jan.24.2006 AT 02:16 PM
4
Matt S writes:

Street Lighting. If film shoots are going to improve the visual representation of downtown for filmmaking purposes with decorative lighting, why nor negotiate with the companies for some of their adornments to become permanent additions. Consider these “gifts” to downtown for allowing the intrusive filming.

# on Jan.25.2006 AT 01:58 PM

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