![]() My last stop was the California Afrian American Museum. The cost of this adventure - a donation of $5.00. There was a brave soul or two who ventured out on it as you'll see in the slidehow below. Then there was the bicycle on the tightrope which, even though it had a safety net beneath it, you could not have got me on. I was quite entertained by the new chicks hatching in the large incubator and the metal contraption suspended in the open between the 1st and 3rd floor which contracted and expanded like an accordion. #Museum exposition park full#I didn't "play" with the exhibits so I can't give you first hand knowledge of whether or not they were fun but the place was full of kids who seemed to be having a great time and there is certain enough there to amuse and entertain while learning something in the process. I couldn't tell you when this took place. The other side by the IMAX Theatre has been "moderenized" and the interior has been completely redone. One side of the building is the old building. The area that changed the most for me was the California ScienCenter and they're still expanding as part of it was under construction. If you notice a lack of dinosaur skeleton pictures it's because, I'm sad to report, it was closed. I've got to admit that I think the Gems & Minerals exhibit was my favorite simply because they made for such great pictures. So me, my camera and my map set out on our museum adventure on the three floors of exhibits. The minute I paid and walked into the museum and saw the skeleton of the dinosaur on display a sense of nostalgia came over me and I realized how long it had really been since I'd been in that museum. $9 per adult to get in on top of the $6 for parking, so far I was only out $15.00. I started out at the Natural History Museum even though I had to walk through the Science Center and down the tree lined street to get to it. Still, the trees outlining the garden were beautiful just the same. There is still construction going on as they continue to expand and though I knew that because of this time of year there wouldn't be any roses in the rose garden it was still disappointed to see the thread-bare bushes. I had a great time because I had not been there in so long and they had definitely made architectural and display changes since I'd last been. I finally made it to Exposition Park at about 1:00 p.m., that was after stopping at Olvera Street and driving through downtown to take a few pictures from the car. The main picture is the entrance to the IMAX theatre on the left and the California Science Center on the right. I passed it most days going to work, when I visit my sister I pass it, if you travel south on the 110/Harbor Freeway you pass it and when I attended USC it was right across the street.Įxposition Park consists of parks (of course), museums, a rose garden, The IMAX Theatre, The Coliseum, The Sports Arena, and the Los Angeles Swimming Stadium. For a short while as a teen I lived in this area. It is possible that the base and pedestal were separated when the figure was moved from its original installation.I thought the best place to start this blog was with an area of this city that seems pretty central to me. This square pedestal sits on a two-tiered base. He sits on a low pedestal, which is in turn mounted on a large square pedestal. The figure is cast in a beige pigmented concrete, or “cast stone”. The interior of the wheel is cast in relief, with wheels, gears, and other symbols of the industrial age. He is holding up a large wheel that rests on the ground in front of him. The sculpture depicts a barefoot, muscular young man in working clothes in a squatting position. It was moved to its current location in a storage yard in 1987, apparently after being vandalized during the Los Angeles Olympics. 1982 from the East entrance to the South entrance of the museum. The sculpture has been moved twice since its original installation in 1934-35. The museum also owns two small plaster casts of the sculpture. Although the sculpture is owned by the General services administration, it is on permanent loan to its custodian, The Natural History Museum. Southern California benefited more than any other region in the U.S. It may have been the first, of hundreds of WPA sculpture projects created in Southern California. “The sculpture was constructed as part of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). The piece seems to have originally been made for the museum in Exposition Park. The sculpture depicts a man crouching behind a wheel filled with gears and is variously known as “Man and the Wheel” or “Wheel of Industry” or “Man and the Machine.” The sculpture’s dimensions are 6’8″ height x 5’6″ width x 4′ deep, and the base is 4’h x 5’w x 4’d. This cast stone sculpture by Donal Hord was funded by the PWAP in 1934. ![]()
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