The Venice Beach Skatepark or The “Dennis Polar Bear” Agnew Memorial Skate Park was opened in October 2009. I could not find correct information about the building cost – i found anything from 2.5 million US $ to 3.5 million US $. It has vertical and street features including a 70’s style pool bowl with…
The Food Trucks in New York City did evolve over the years from the little vendors with their carts on the street corner. I remember a long time ago there where only Hot Dogs and Pretzels with soda or water. Than there where the coffee carts – with the blue paper cups – i do…
Walking round Muscle Beach and did notice that a lot of the machines at the Body Building place where broken. And they want 10$ for a day pass. Well – i did some research and that is what i found: “The original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica was closed in 1959 due to difficulties in…
Today i was lazy and did spend most of my time at the Skateboard Park Venice Beach. Such a great place to hang out. Lots of action and behind it the beach and the blue ocean. 9 year old skateboarder Asher Bradshaw is doing what he is doing – he skates like a big boy…
These are the Fat Tires i was talking about – that is what you ride over here – if you ride in style that is! I do not know who he is but he is famous over here! The Venice Fishing Pier in Venice Beach. Not sure if it was here but i think it…
It’s been a long time but finally I’m back again. After more than 22 years – Los Angeles or LA as you might know it. Irene was so kind to open her home in Venice Beach for me the next 3 weeks. She has a flat at Marina del Ray. Pools, Hot Tubs and an…
Blue sky – a few white clouds and nice temperatures – finally off to Coney Island! Hmm i really do regret that i never made it out here before – at last before they removed the Thunderbolt roller coaster. Well it is like all these things – there is one day when it is too…
A lazy Saturday in New York City. Went to the Chinese bakery and got some Croissants and had breakfast with Micks room mate. We had a nice talk and you know it – boom it is midday before you know it. Yesterday i was in Coney Island – it was very different than i expected…
Walking the streets of New York or any other big city and doing what? Yes – looking up – most of the times. This is where things happen – not really – this is where things do not move to much but since things get added all the time and some other things get taken…
A photo walk from Wall Street down to the Staten Island Ferry – to Staten Island and back to Manhattan again. Before 9/11 the small streets in the financial district where crowded with cars. Now they are crowded with tourists.Did try to make a pictures with the famous bull – no way! To many tourists…
Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is a great place to be in New York City. You have the water and the green park right at your doorstep. Still it is very close to the rest of Lower Manhattan. A few minutes to the mouth-watering restaurants of Chinatown, minutes away from Soho,…
After the long flight from Stuttgart over Atlanta to New York City I took a shuttle bus and a taxi to make it to Matt’s place in Battery Park – downtown Manhattan. He was still awake and we did chat for a while – but then my system did shut down and I had to…