{"id":12030,"date":"2017-02-01T07:13:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=12030"},"modified":"2017-02-01T07:16:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T15:16:26","slug":"lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/02\/01\/lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting post on Wilshire Blvd at Windsor Blvd, Los Angeles, 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/02\/01\/lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914\/lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?fit=904%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"904,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1368471780&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lighting post on Wilshire Blvd at Windsor Blvd, Los Angeles, 1914\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?fit=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?fit=640%2C708&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?resize=640%2C708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lighting post on Wilshire Blvd at Windsor Blvd, Los Angeles, 1914\" width=\"640\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?w=904&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?resize=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lighting-post-on-Wilshire-Blvd-at-Windsor-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1914.jpg?resize=768%2C850&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The way I look at it, surviving LA traffic is the price we pay for enjoying LA weather, and when I see what the northern half of the country deals with during their long, freezing winters, I\u2019m happy to pay the price. But once\u2014just once!\u2014I\u2019d love to be able to drive along a Wilshire Blvd that looked like this. Wide open spaces, empty fields, admire the pretty 3-lamp electroliers, and park wherever the heck I wanted. This is Wilshire Blvd at Windsor Blvd in 1914\u2014what a difference!<\/h3>\n<h3>And in March 2015:<\/h3>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/02\/01\/lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914\/screen-shot-2017-02-01-at-7-14-33-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?fit=838%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"838,495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-02-01 at 7.14.33 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?fit=640%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?resize=640%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?w=838&amp;ssl=1 838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.14.33-AM.png?resize=768%2C454&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way I look at it, surviving LA traffic is the price we pay for enjoying LA weather, and when I see what the northern half of the country deals with during their long, freezing winters, I\u2019m happy to pay &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/02\/01\/lighting-post-on-wilshire-blvd-at-windsor-blvd-los-angeles-1914\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-12030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-wilshire-blvd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-382","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12034,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions\/12034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}