Improving L.A.'s Streets - With Photoshop

Blogger David Yoon takes photographs of Los Angeles streets and Photoshops them to be narrower, creating a fantasy L.A. that is more walkable and relatable.

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December 30, 2009, 12:00 PM PST

By Tim Halbur

In this entry, Yoon narrows Sunset Blvd.

"I love navigating by landmarks. Too often we reduce the city into a series of abstract driving directions, a mathematical method of wayfinding that for me just isn't as pleasurable or familiar as (say) telling a friend to head toward the Jensen's building to meet me at Pescado Mojado. Los Angeles has its landmarks to be sure, but they can sometimes feel few, far between, and robbed of thunder + context by the oceans of asphalt separating them."

FULL STORY: sunset boulevard + echo park avenue, echo park

Saturday, December 26, 2009 in narrow streets los angeles

Land Use United States Narrow Streets Street Width

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