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Back at the Getty Center, Los Angeles
When I have free time while traveling in greater Los Angeles, I love to visit the Getty Center — well worth a full day’s visit, especially if you’ve never been there before. There’s no admission fee but you have to pay $15.00 to park for the day (so if you’re dropped off by a friend, the entire day would be a freebie). There’s a large parking structure adjoining the 405 Fwy in Sepulveda Pass and from here visitors takes a tram uphill to the Getty Center. The tram/funicular ride takes just a few minutes and when you exit you enter a beautifully crafted world of art and architecture. I enjoy walking the meticulously maintained grounds and taking in the ever …
Tagged architecture, art, Brentwood, Century City, Getty Center, J.P. Getty, museum, West Los Angeles, Westwood
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West Los Angeles — J.P. Getty’s enduring legacy
With so much attention recently to the “Occupy Wall Street” gang, those who belong to the “One Percent” (i.e. the wealthiest people in the country) have received a lot of negative press. We’ve heard that they’re greedy villains, ruthless and unfair, and how they’re not “paying their fair share” (even though most pay millions in taxes a year). We’re to believe they only take and never contribute to society. As you’ve probably gathered from my comments, I don’t subscribe to these views, although I would agree that like all groups the One Percent probably has some unsavory characters. I think it’s great that America is — at least used to be — a place people could work hard and get …
Tagged California, Getty Center, Getty Villa, Los Angeles, Southwest
