Another Day in LA

Friday 24 April was meant to the the day off but shopping opportunities, visits to the beach etc were turned down in favour of a walking tour led by a local guide round the downtown district. The Biltmore Hotel, the charming art deco Oviatt Building - all art glass and Lalique (below left), George Wyman's 1893 Bradbury building (below right) and the Fine Arts Building were among the stars.



On then to the Los Angeles County Museum distinguished by an installation comprising several hundred lamp posts and a new building by Renzo Piano (shown right) with another in the pipeline and an excellent Japanese Pavilion and collection.

The final stop of the day was at the seminal Rudolph Schindler House of 1921 -22. Viewed outside the context in which it was designed - for sharing between his own and another family- it was of interest but did not excite - slightly sad to have illusions shattered! It seems that the occupants were very short as was cash!