Cool New L.A. River Videos
June 20, 2011 § 5 Comments
Two recent videos showing off some fun aspects of the Los Angeles River: Above is Will Campbell’s time-lapse Fathers Day exploration of the “East Bank” of the L.A. River’s Glendale Narrows. Campbell cruises the north/east side of the river from the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge to nearly the Arroyo Seco Confluence (aka the 110 Freeway/5 Freeway intersection.) Downstream of Fletcher Drive, the area was historically called Taylor Yard. This area isn’t really officially open to the public, but that doesn’t stop creek freaks from exploring it. People are out there walking, biking, fishing, etc. every day. Check out Will’s blog “[sic]“ for plenty of cool time-lapse stuff, photography, bike stuff, and more.
Below is a video of a nice big L.A. River carp, caught and released. It’s a pretty good size, looks like about 10 pounds, maybe. For more info on L.A. River fish past and present, read this post.
Both very cool videos, thanks for sharing!
Awesome videos! Thanks for sharing! Learn how to protect the LA River at http://www.lastormwater.info so people can continue to enjoy the river by fishing and biking alonside the river!
Thanks for posting my vid Joe! I was concerned about trespassing, but interestingly enough I saw repetitive signage posted along the east bank that prohibited swimming (no duh!) and off-leash dogs so it may not be officially open to the public but it looks like there’s some acceptance of its public use and availability.
I loved the time-lapse video: the background music was great: what is the name of the piece and who are the artists.
Hi Doug, the background track is titled “GD Blues,” by Garrick Davis.