{"id":129612,"date":"2016-02-01T07:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/the-end-of-the-6th-street-bridge.html"},"modified":"2016-02-08T17:27:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:27:14","slug":"the-end-of-the-6th-street-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/the-end-of-the-6th-street-bridge.html","title":{"rendered":"The end of the 6th Street Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#39;s a ton of architecture on the east side of downtown LA that&#39;s shows up in movies and TV &#8212; bridges \/ viaducts, concrete-lined rivers, industrial areas, etc. The 6th Street bridge is one that everyone&#39;s seen, even if they have no idea of it, and the video in this article gives but a small sampling that will have you going, &quot;Oh, yeah, <i>that<\/i> place <i>there!&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The 1930s bridge apparently has significant structural issues and is being torn down, to be replaced by 2019. Though the new bridge \/ viaduct looks nice (and draws on the architecture of the old one as an inspiration), it&#39;s still a loss for movie-making.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100508289036361103868\" oid=\"100508289036361103868\">J. Steven York<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/all-the-best-times-the-6th-street-bridge-has-been-used-1756256901'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/V-PhioaZIlDdbqKy2c00sMtKhIqf0oNQD5VKBcluvJPEH7aKoHAb9Ust5zuDWt7xPhj6_R2KBci1SigMSxjNvQxT7xxWoSujQGd9mVk8yqx-W7adW8Qa4nQHXBX7B2CU-FLasc5f2XaNESuC_GMHgpwOhvf-s3ImqF8JaWwEJ7uHglTpDys2VO1VM9-LgDFM2Rqq5VFjZ0U=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/all-the-best-times-the-6th-street-bridge-has-been-used-1756256901'>All The Best Times The 6th Street Bridge Has Been Used In Film<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThis week, the 6th Street Bridge in LA is being torn down. The iconic structure has been used in numerous films over the years, and Vashi Nedomansky wanted to commemorate its use as a set location throughout cinematic history.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/YjqndwvyJMY'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#39;s a ton of architecture on the east side of downtown LA that&#39;s shows up in movies and TV &#8212; bridges \/ viaducts, concrete-lined rivers, industrial areas, etc. The 6th Street bridge is one that everyone&#39;s seen, even if they have no idea of it, and the video in this article gives but a small &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/the-end-of-the-6th-street-bridge.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The end of the 6th Street Bridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,739,41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-architecture","category-media-movies","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131825,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/brutal.html","url_meta":{"origin":129612,"position":0},"title":"Brutal!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 18-Oct-16 6:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I actually kind of like some Brutalist architecture. 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